When he has remained angled toward work

So that he and his wife can stay alive?

In the bus window he sees his diaphanous face--the

windows

Of the Hilton, where he has a job in maintenance,

Piercing solidly through its head. He rings the bell

The idea of her not home, and legally annulled

From his life--her small crotch not tightened to his

Desperate thrusts--makes him feel sick.

He gets down from the bus.