Seen through the Man o' War window by Matty Pemulis

texture · 14 Nov YDAU

• When: 14 Nov YDAU, the Man o' War Grille on Prospect St., Inman Square (Matty Pemulis's 23rd birthday)
• What: A cross-witness glimpse from outside Poor Tony's POV: his former crewmate Matty ("Mad Matty") Pemulis, eating soup at the Man o' War, watches Poor Tony pass the window trailing the two girls and barely recognizes him — "godawful: sucked-out, hollow-eyed, past ill, grave-ready," identifiable only by the boa, the red leather coat, and the throat-clutching walk "like black-and-white-era starlets descending curved stairs," now "aghast in recognition of what Poor Tony has come through the corridor to resemble." Confirms his spectral condition from a reliable outside eye.