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1、19961InHaddam,summerfloatsovertree-softenedstreetslikeasweetlotionbalmfromacareless,languorousgod,andtheworldfallsintunewithitsownmysteriousanthems.Shadedlawnsliestillanddampintheearlya.m.Outside,onpeaceful-morningClevelandStreet,Ihearthefootfallsofalonejogger,trampingpastanddownthehilltowardTaftLa
2、neandacrosstotheChoirCollege,theretoruninthedampgrass.IntheNegrotrace,mensitonstoops,pantslegsrolledabovetheirsocktops,sippingcoffeeinthegrowing,easefulheat.Themarriageenrichmentclass(4to6)hasletoutatthehighschool,itsmemberssleepy-eyedanddazed,boundforbedagain.Whileonthegreengridironpalletourvarsit
3、ybandbeginsitstwo-a-daydrills,revvingupforthe4th:“Boom-Haddam,boom-Haddam,boom-boom-ba-boom.Haddam-Haddam,up’n-at-’em!Boom-boom-ba-boom!”Elsewhereuptheseaboardthesky,Iknow,readshazy.Theheatclosesin,ametalsmellclocksthroughthenostrils.AlreadythefirstcloudsofasummerT-stormlurkonthemountainhorizons,an
4、dit’shotterwheretheylivethanwherewelive.FaroutonthemainlinethebreezeisrighttoheartheAmtrak,“TheMerchants’special,”hurtlepastforPhilly.Andalongonthesamebreeze,asea-saltsmellfloatsinfrommilesandmilesaway,minglingwithshadowyrhododendronaromasandthelastofthesummer’sstaunchazaleas.Thoughbackonmystreet,t
5、hefirstshadedblockofCleveland,sweetsilencereigns.Ablockaway,someonepatientlybouncesadrivewayball:squeak…thenbreathing…thenalaugh,acough…“Allriiight,that’sthewaaay.”Noneofittooloud.InfrontoftheZumbros’,twodoorsdown,thestreetscrewisfinishingaquietsmokebeforecrankingtheirmachinesandunsettlingthedustag
6、ain.We’rerepavingthissummer,puttinginanew“line,”resoddingtheneutralground,settingnewcurbs,usingourproudnewtaxdollars—theworkersallCapeVerdeansandwilyHonduransfrompoorertownsnorthofhere.SergeantsvilleandLittleYork.Theysitandstaresilentlybesidetheiryellowfront-loaders,groundflattenersandbackhoes,thei
7、rsleekprivatecars—CamarosandChevylowriders—parkedaroundthecorner,awayfromthedustandwhereitwillbeshadylateron.AndsuddenlythecarillonatSt.LeotheGreatbegins:gong,gong,gong,gong,gong,gong,thenasweet,brightadmon
