End Zone by Don Delillo

Author:Don Delillo [Delillo, Don]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
ISBN: 9780330524964
Google: fTkscAAACAAJ
Amazon: 0330524968
Goodreads: 11764
Publisher: Picador
Published: 1971-12-31T05:00:00+00:00

We were running through the tunnel out onto the field. Billy Mast and I met at the sideline. He raised his hands above his head and then brought them down on my pads—one, two, three times. I jumped up and down and threw a shoulder into Billy. The band marched off now. We were both jumping up and down, doing private and almost theological calisthenics, bringing God into the frenzied body, casting out fear.

“How to go, little Billy.”

“Hiyoto, hiyoto.”

“They’re out to get us. They’ll bleach our skulls with hydrosulfite.”

“They’ll rip off our clothes and piss on our bare feet.”

“Yawaba, yawaba, yawaba.”

“How to go, Gary boy. How to jump, how to jump.”

“They’ll twist our fingers back.”

“They’ll kill us and eat us.”

Centrex came out. We gathered around Creed again and then broke with a shout. The kickoff team went on. Bing Jackmin kicked to the 7 or 8 and they returned to the 31 where Andy Chudko hit the ballcarrier at full force and then skidded on his knees over the fallen player’s body. I watched Creed take his stance at the midfield stripe. Bing Jackmin came off the field and sat next to me.

“One two three anation. I received my confirmation. On the day of declaration. One two three anation.”

“They’re coming out in a doublewing,” I said.

“It’s all double, Gary. Double consciousness. Old form superimposed on new. It’s a breakingdown of reality. Primitive mirror awareness. Divine electricity. The football feels. The football knows. This is not just one thing we’re watching. This is many things.”

“You know what Coach says. It’s only a game but it’s the only game.”

“Gary, there’s a lot more out there than games and players.”

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