a perfect day for bananafish

[David Morris]

kai, This makes me love you.

DM

>From: lorentzen-nicklaus at t-online.de (lorentzen-nicklaus)
>
>  *** "all right, all right. he calls me miss spiritual tramp of 1948," the 
>girl
>    said, and giggled.
>
>    "it isn't funny, muriel. it isn't funny at all. it's horrible. it's 
>SAD,
>    actually. when i think how ---"
>
>    "mother," the girl interrupted, "listen to me. you remember that book 
>he sent
>    me from germany? you know --- those german poems. what'd i DO with it? 
>i've
>    been racking my ---"
>
>    "you have it."
>
>    "are you SURE?" said the girl.
>
>    "certainly. that is, i have it. it's in freddy's room. you left it here 
>and i
>    didn't have room for it in the --- why? does he want it?"
>
>    "no. only, he ASKED me about it, when we were driving down. he wanted 
>to know
>    if i'd read it."
>
>    "it was in german!"
>
>    "yes, dear. that doesn't make any difference," said the girl, crossing 
>her
>    legs. "he said that the poems happen to be written by the ONLY GREAT 
>POET OF
>    THE CENTURY. he said i should've bought a translation or something. or
>    LEARNED THE LANGUAGE, if you please."
>
>    "awful. awful. it's SAD, actually, is what it is. your father said last 
>night
>    ---"
>
>    ...
>
>          ...
>
>                ...
>
>                       ...
>
>                              ...
>
>                                     ...
>
>                                            ...
>
>
>
>    "if you want to look at my feet, say so," said the young man. "but 
>don't be a
>    god-damned sneak about it."
>
>
>kfl *




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