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There
was
a
leakage
onto
his
hand
of
something
that
was
not
actually
blood
,
and
a
sputtering
sparking
noise
behind
the
fat
kid
’
s
eyes
The
smell
on
the
air
was
that
of
burning
insulation
wire
,
as
if
somewhere
a
plug
was
overloading
.
The
fat
kid
’
s
hand
twitched
spastically
,
and
then
he
fell
.
The
expression
on
his
face
was
one
of
puzzlement
,
and
misery
.
"
Look
at
him
,
"
said
Mr
.
World
,
conversationally
,
to
the
air
.
"
He
looks
as
if
he
just
saw
a
sequence
of
zeroes
and
ones
turn
into
a
cluster
of
brightly
colored
birds
,
and
then
just
fly
away
.
"
There
was
no
reply
from
the
empty
rock
corridor
.
Mr
.
World
shouldered
the
body
as
if
it
weighed
very
little
,
and
he
opened
the
pixie
diorama
and
dropped
the
body
beside
the
still
,
covering
it
with
its
long
black
raincoat
.
He
would
dispose
of
it
that
evening
,
he
decided
,
and
he
grinned
his
scarred
grin
:
hiding
a
body
on
a
battlefield
would
almost
be
too
easy
.
Nobody
would
ever
notice
.
Nobody
would
care
.
For
a
little
while
there
was
silence
in
that
place
.
And
then
a
gruff
voice
which
was
not
Mr
.
World
’
s
cleared
its
throat
in
the
shadows
,
and
said
,
"
Good
start
.
"
They
tried
to
stand
off
the
soldiers
,
but
the
men
fired
and
killed
them
both
.
So
the
song
’
s
wrong
about
the
jail
,
but
that
’
s
put
in
for
poetry
.
You
can
’
t
allus
have
things
like
they
are
in
poetry
.
Poetry
ain
’
t
what
you
’
d
call
truth
.
There
ain
’
t
room
enough
in
the
verses
.
—
A
SINGER
’
S
COMMENTARY
ON
"
THE
BALLAD
OF
SAM
BASS
,
"
A
TREASURY
OF
AMERICAN
FOLKLORE
None
of
this
can
actually
be
happening
.
If
it
makes
you
more
comfortable
,
you
could
simply
think
of
it
as
metaphor
.
Religions
are
,
by
definition
,
metaphors
,
after
all
:
God
is
a
dream
,
a
hope
,
a
woman
,
an
ironist
,
a
father
,
a
city
,
a
house
of
many
rooms
,
a
watchmaker
who
left
his
prize
chronometer
in
the
desert
,
someone
who
loves
you
—
even
,
perhaps
,
against
all
evidence
,
a
celestial
being
whose
only
interest
is
to
make
sure
your
football
team
,
army
,
business
,
or
marriage
thrives
,
prospers
and
triumphs
over
all
opposition
.
Religions
are
places
to
stand
and
look
and
act
,
vantage
points
from
which
to
view
the
world
.
