Dragonfly Page #2

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Nowhere.

I'm gonna go.

No, come on, man.

You just got here.

Like you said, Eric, I'm

a mind without a heart.

Joe, come on.

Joe, that's not-

Don't leave, Joe.

Buddy, that is not what I

meant. I know you didn't mean it.

But you were right on, buddy.

I love you anyway.

All of you.

Thank you

for coming today.

See ya.

Hey, Doc.

Hey, Miriam.

Sorry I missed the service. I didn't

want to cough all over everybody.

Was it nice?

I guess.

I couldn't handle it.

Well, then you're not

gonna do too good with this.

They needed somebody to sign for it. I

didn't want to leave it out in the rain.

It's a toy company

in Texas.

That'll teach her

to shop the Internet.

Yeah, that'll teach her.

You'd think a professor of law could

be more precise with her language.

It's all right.

You have a good night.

Hey, I saw through the kitchen

window Big Bird didn't eat again.

- Should he go back to the vet?

- The vet said Big Bird will outlive us all.

Hey,Joe, it's Hal.

I forgot to tell you we are

going on that white-water trip.

Gotta come,Joe! Don't leave

me alone with these guys!

I sent you a packet, okay?

See ya, buddy! Love you!

Sound good, Big Bird?

You wanna go rafting

with my old college chums?

Nice to see you too.

Why is that funny?

I just don't picture you

with a beak, I guess.

All right. Well, just imagine soaring

around with me up there, flying.

If you do, you're on your own. Why?

Because eagles eat bunny

rabbits. I'm a vegetarian.

In your next life too?

Yes.

You mean, if you got a chance to come

back, you'd want to be earthbound again?

No. I'll fly around

with you up there.

But you know what

I'm gonna be.

Yeah, but...

if I'm a bird and

you're an insect, Yeah?

how are we gonna-

You know.

You know.

We'll just have to do enough

of that in this lifetime...

to make up

for the next ten.

I'm going

because I have to,Joe.

Because it's who I am,

who we are...

what we dedicated

our lives to.

For God sakes, Emily, you're

pregnant. We addressed this, Joe...

when we first met...

that we'd pack our kids in

on our backs if we had to...

to show them what was important,

to teach them our values.

It was naive, Emily,

all right? It was naive.

Our values?

I'm needed there, Joe...

and I'm going.

Whether you choose to

or not.

So this thing was a paperweight? Yes.

It was a present I gave her

for Valentine's Day.

Got to weigh half a pound, and

it was squarely- I mean squarely-

on the bedside table

when I went to sleep.

So what are you saying?

I don't know.

Nothing, I guess.

Just that...

dragonflies were sort of her thing,

you know, like a personal totem.

How Indians have buffalo heads

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