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that there is land beyond the horizon. "

"What land

remains as a question mark...

...but that is the mystery,

the joy of discovery... "

He doesn't write that stuff to me.

- Maybe he'll ask you to the prom.

- Shut up.

Meg, Mom wants to talk to you.

Hi.

She won't. She's on a hunger strike.

Well, I can't make her.

Hello?

I thought your class was only till nine.

Whatever.

Meg?

OK. You tell me.

- I don't know.

- Why not?

- What's funny?

- Nothing.

Well, why did you laugh?

I don't know.

Are you afraid I'm gonna tell you

that your work stinks?

- Does it?

- What do you think?

Probably. I don't know.

Come back when you do.

It doesn't stink.

There's a line that I like.

Which one?

"Lost leaves spin past the glass, but the

trees don't go, they stay by my window. "

What about the rest of it?

I could go deeper.

Good for you.

So, Meg, how are things going

over at Seymour and Cedar?

Fine.

- Did they say they were happy with her?

- Well, Steve hasn't called.

Well, I guess that's good.

You don't have school tomorrow,

do you, Mom?

No, honey, my interview is tomorrow.

Why?

Well, I just have this thing, this writing

contest, where we're gonna read our stuff.

What time?

After school.

I don't know if I'll be able to make it.

I don't know when I'll be done.

- I didn't call to confirm.

- It's all right. I talked to him this afternoon.

Oh. Well, did he say

who else he was considering?

- Somebody in plastics.

- A man or a woman?

Diane, stop.

Then you'll have to take the bus

to Mrs Rand's tomorrow, OK?

Maybe when I get this job we can all go out

and celebrate, huh? The four of us.

- Have you sent Don a thank-you note?

- No.

Well, please do that.

He didn't have to help you get that job.

I'd like to read your story.

It's not a story.

- I thought you said...

- It's a poem.

Well, I would like to read it.

- Georgia in the contest too?

- Yeah.

Well, maybe her mom

can drop you off at Mrs Rand's.

I don't wanna go there, Mom.

Her house stinks.

Don't start.

Don went to a lot of trouble

to get me this interview...

...and if I get that job it'll be a lot more money

for all of us, so don't be a pill.

Wish me luck.

- Good luck.

- Good girl.

This is called "Blue Car".

"I rode my bike past our old house. "

"A rusty chair keeps your place

on the lawn. "

"Lily cuts holes in herself to hurt you,

but you just won't bleed. "

"Now she won't eat. "

"Since you left,

Mom doesn't say your name. "

"But even gone, I remember your face...

The way the sun stays bright

when I shut my eyes...

The way a torch whipping the dark

leaves a long red scar. "

"Some nights when I wake up,

I forget where we are. "

"From our apartment, I can't see

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