Part 10
the Pumphouse Fight
Generally running wild on the California Coast, specifically moving on the edge in La Jolla,
our Hero has no restraints. Lookin for the adrenalin rush, whether it be surf, sun, sex,
suds or sudden blows of the fisticuff kind. Kim is history. Nada. An event in the past,
a fading memory of a woman who tried to tie him down. An almost commitment, a striking
Italian who wanted him to change the sandals into shoes. A chance for Love.
Cruising in the Machine down Neptune Place, headed south on his way to Bully's
and a steak and drinks with his karate instructor, Fred Kenyon, Bruce turns the corner
driving along Windansea Beach
and connects with his Other Past:
the Boy with the Blue Board
bad boy in need of a whipping
double checking near 6671 Neptune
exits his vehicle, or what passes as a vehicle, and moves toward the Pumphouse
for the impending encounter.
confrontation under the warning sign
Tom Wolfe immortalized the place in his fictional story of the same name. Fictional,
for Wolfe hung-out with the wrong characters and got the wrong stories and the wrong facts.
Sure, the incestuous Dirty Leonard killt his girl and his self, and the needles were
passing around like candies at Halloween, but he touched the surface, venerred the truth.
But later with that with an expert from the Scene.
Graffiti splattered with the writings of the angry locals, Bruce quickly moves down the
steps on the northside of the Pumphouse and down to the beach where he calls out the Blue Boy.
words
the action is set
the Tackle
always come in handy at the beach, and Bruce takes him down to the sand.
"Get up, Punk, get up!"
all's fair in War
surf's up
hold him for the blow to the head
and body, demonstrating some Kenyon hand techniques for One-on-One combat.
hit the Water
with repetitive speed and depth to his body.
floating with the tide
drag him out so he don't drown
doesn't mean he can drown here. Beach is free, available for anyone to use as long as
they clean up after themselves. The water is limited to those qualified to use it with ability
and respect to their brethern and sistern. So Bruce drags the Kid out and deposits him on the Shore,
the sun sets beyond the Pumphouse
with Bruce sitting on the Pumphouse, watching the sun dip into the sea, relaxed, content,
his appetite for Bully's having been whetted by a brief encounter with a Buoy from the Past.
TO BE CONTINUED
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