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Chapter 5
Pooryoungfellow!Howonearthdidheknowthatvanwasthere?Musthavefeltit.Seethingsintheirforeheadperhaps:kindofsenseofvolume.Weightorsizeofit,somethingblackerthanthedark.Wonderwouldhefeelitifsomethingwasremoved.Feelagap.QueerideaofDublinhemusthave,tappinghiswayroundbythestones.Couldhewalkinabeelineifhehadn’tthatcane?Bloodlesspiousfacelikeafellowgoingintobeapriest.
Penrose!Thatwasthatchap’sname.
Lookatallthethingstheycanlearntodo.Readwiththeirfingers.Tunepianos.Orwearesurprisedtheyhaveanybrains.Whywethinkadeformedpersonorahunchbackcleverifhesayssomethingwemightsay.Ofcoursetheothersensesaremore.Embroider.Plaitbaskets.Peopleoughttohelp.WorkbasketIcouldbuyforMolly’sbirthday.Hatessewing.Mighttakeanobjection.Darkmentheycallthem.
Senseofsmellmustbestrongertoo.Smellsonallsides,bunchedtogether.Eachstreetdifferentsmell.Eachpersontoo.Thenthespring,thesummer:smells.Tastes?Theysayyoucan’ttastewineswithyoureyesshutoracoldinthehead.Alsosmokeinthedarktheysaygetnopleasure.
Andwithawoman,forinstance.Moreshamelessnotseeing.ThatgirlpassingtheStewartinstitution,headintheair.Lookatme.Ihavethemallon.Mustbestrangenottoseeher.Kindofaforminhismind’seye.Thevoice,temperatures:whenhetouchesherwithhisfingersmustalmostseethelines,thecurves.Hishandsonherhair,forinstance.Sayitwasblack,forinstance.Good.Wecallitblack.Thenpassingoverherwhiteskin.
