Thomas Pynchon and I Enjoyed The Same Vagina

My granddaughter

Leonardo DaVinci

1034 Bancroft Way — Closer

As I drew near to where the house or apartment should be my heart began to pound. I was a bit damp from the walk, and chilled by the air.   But I could not find 1034 Bancroft Way. There was a 1032 and a 1036, but no 1034. Given how elusive Pynchon had proved to be, this seemed to me at the time just right. That’s perfect, I thought. If I returned to the library the librarian would no doubt tell me she couldn’t find the 1975 phone book. In front of 1032 Bancroft was an old black Saab with Massachusetts license plates. In Gravity’s Rainbow Massachusetts is the state of Slothrop’s birth and childhood. In my heart of hearts I could not imagine that Thomas Pynchon or an actual Tyrone Slothrop lived in this area, yet circumstances seemed designed to…