Summary

“Of the 2,639, 857 faggots in the New York City area, 2,639, 857 think primarily with their cocks. / You didn’t know the cock was a thinking organ? Well, by this time, you should know that it is” (172).

Fred arrives at the opening of The Toilet Bowl, and is swept up in the excitement, crowds, and revelry.

The party begins with a lip-synced performance by Yootha, who realizes that only a short time before, s/he had been completely rejected by those who are now celebrating her so ecstatically, and who forgives them all.

Fred dances with his friends but waits for Dinky, at one moment becoming aware that the music contains echoes of the music used as the underscoring for the film he wrote.

Irving is also at The Toilet Bowl, partying with Hans, Winnie (stoned on drugs but aware that people are staring at him...