THE FEMININE

VIEWPOINT

by and about women

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ROOM

A

UPSTAIRS

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by Jody Shotwell

Gene and his wife left the theatre by a side door and hurried across the narrow street. Pat had hastily creamed off most of her stage make-up but her eyes were still mascara-ringed, giving her the look of a Marie Laurencin girl. Inside Harry's Bar and Grille they settled into a back booth.

"I'll be glad to get out of this town," Gene growled, looking distastefully at the menu. He raised his eyes and extended the look to the establishment and its clientele. "Why do we always come to this crumby place, anyway. Crawling with goddamned faggots."

Pat regarded her husband pacifically. "It's not so bad," she murmured.

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