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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1984)
Target Practice “No, really. How many times were you wounded back in the war?" “Two, maybe three times, wasn’t nothin'.” Alan lifted his half-tilled glass to his lips with a trembling hand. He continued to stare foreward, afraid that this enthusiastic questioner might see too much of his face. “Wasn't nothin"? Like Hell! Where’d you get it?" "Oh. . places." Alan said patiently. He spoke up, "Uh. what did you say your name was?" "I didn't. The name is Rick. Well, what Liturgy of Oogenesis You shoved lilies in my face mumbled your name while wiping your feet your champagne was as warm and soothing as pablum on 440 A strung nerves discarding your eves I dove directly for the hair of your chest you laughed when I politely asked it 1 could grab onto it at least I was polite when you began shaking with sweat and singing the corporeal cantata 1 knew my end was near soon to metamorphose into (one of those) a cold sticky sheet-stain in grey-snoring aftermath listening to my heartbeat 1 politely requested of god that there be only one. . to each ra-thum ra-thum kind of places?” Damn it. Alan thought, I'm going to have to tell that bartender to keep his mouth shut. "What is it to you?" "Well. I just wanted to know. You see I wanted to go. but my parents made me stay in college instead. . What’s it like being shot? Did you ever shoot anybody? What's it like to shoot somebody?" Alan's throat went dry. He took another big gulp from his quickly emptying glass. "What's it to you?" "I’d really like to know what it's like. Does it hurt? Did you pass out? Did you think you were going to die?' Alan twisted his barstool away from these probing questions and walked over to the jukebox. He pretended to decide what to play — he hoped the man would give up. A few seconds later, in the glass of the jukebox. Alan saw the man get up and approach him from behind. "Hey you limp a little bit. That from the war?" "Nah. . hurt myself when I was a kid." He looked down at his foot — he could still remember carefully aiming the rifle and pulling the trigger. He could feel his stomach burning. "Really? With a limp like that, how'd you get through?" the man said derisively, "I don't think you were ever over there!" Alan turned to reveal a face grotesquely contorted with anger. "Hey, Man! You want to see what it fucking feels like to get shot? 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