Ham on Rye
“‘More and more we will discover our own truths and our own way of speaking, and this new voice will be uncluttered by old histories, old mores, old dead and useless dreams…’
”Thump, thump, thump…“ (109)
“The problem was you had to keep choosing between one evil or another, no matter what you chose, they sliced a bit more off you, until there was nothing left. The age of 25 most people were finished. A whole god-damned nation of assholes driving automobiles, eating, having babies, doing everything in the worst possible way, like voting for the presidential candidate who reminded them most of themselves.” (174)
“He couldn’t keep his pecker-mind off of snatch-thoughts.” (181)
“The band began to play again and the boys and girls began to dance again and the lights revolved overhead throwing shades of gold, then red, then blue, then green, and gold again on the couples. As I watched them I said to myself, someday my dance will begin. When that day comes I will have something that they don’t have.” (194)
See: Sie müssen schlafen aber ich muss tanzen