..... ----------------------------------"Buckley! Wake up man!"He was flustered, without a clue as to who was talking to him, what they were talkin...g about and for how long they had been talking. There was deep tension in his groin, a sort of warm, throbbing tension, and his heart and stomach churned a yearning sensation of such poignant urgency that he felt as though he might throw up, or die, or ejaculate spontaneously at any moment."Uh?" he murmured, trying to prise open his eyes before. After welcoming his replacement and showing the usual courtesies (gin and tonic, cucumber sandwiches etc) that protocol decrees, the retiring colonel said, "You must meet my Adjutant, Captain Smithers, he's my right-hand man, he's really the strength of this office. His talent is simply boundless."Smithers was summoned and introduced to the new CO, who was surprised to meet a humpbacked, one eyed, toothless, hairless, scabbed and pockmarked specimen of humanity, a particularly unattractive man. The first time he took me out we went to a movie. On the way home we stopped at a city park by a lake not far from where I lived. He had a blanket in the trunk of his car and we spread it out under the stars. We were several blocks off of Kearney Street. Kearney Street didnt have much traffic, especially at night. No one could see Stans car and we were all alone. We talked and laughed and then he suddenly kissed me fully upon my lips. As soon as his lips touched mine I opened my mouth and our. I told you; it—I can't even talk to people Their friends are out there. Ah! It's—it—it's a—ah! I—I can't talk, ladies and gentlemen. Honest: it's just laying there, mass of smoking wreckage. Ah! And everybody can hardly breathe and talk and [indecipherable]. Lady, I—I—I'm sorry. Honest: I—I can hardly breathe. I—I'm going to step inside, where I cannot see it. Charlie, that's terrible. Ah, ah;—I can't. Listen, folks; I—I'm gonna have to stop for a minute because [indecipherable] I've lost my.