SLPAD - 53

[Michael Bailey]

“Rizzo was a staff sergeant. He was also the company intellectual. He would
lie in his bunk and read things like Being and Nothingness and Form and
Value in Modern Poetry…”


Amusing italic mismatch in the Nook book: it looks like he’s reading _Being
and Nothingness and Form_ and _Value in Modern Poetry_.

I’d buy either of those titles, hypothetically.

Anyhoo, Rizzo leads bull sessions with Levine and Picnic in the canteen or
the PX - at least in terms of word count.



“ They drove into town and found a quiet bar near a high school. There were
a couple of schoolkids sitting at the bar but otherwise the place was
empty.”

Underage drinkers, what next?

The four of them begin to settle in, Baxter buying a newspaper, Rizzo
heading for the “latrine” (you can take the soldier out of the barracks…),
Picnic falling into a doze, and Levine resuming a frequent habit of

“ pursing his lips like Marlon Brando and scratching his armpit. Sometimes,
depending on his mood, he would make quiet ape noises. “

https://youtu.be/BBVAS8qNZZI