The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) Page #2

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I made her a deal. I said,

"if you stop drinking, we'll get a dog."

[Tapping]

This is very handsome shellfish, Maureen.

The dad says

you're gonna study film at college.

Yeah.

Seems to be what everybody's

doing these days.

I think the dad hoped that you might

follow in his footsteps

and take sculpture.

Well, I think it's good

that she's doing her own thing.

Since Clarence had a stroke and I retired,

the art department at bard

has really suffered.

She's quite a good editor.

So, now we have a sculptor

and a filmmaker in the family.

And a musician.

And an accountant,

which sounds uninteresting,

but Matthew's the only one in the family

who's figured out how to make money.

Sign of the times.

We're supposed to say

"business manager."

I thought we would've had

more artists in the family.

- What about dad?

- I'm artistic.

Matthew showed interest in fine art

and Danny had musical talent,

but Matthew was also talented musically

and a wonderful mimic.

Jean, you showed interest in photography.

At montessori, yeah.

In my office at xerox,

I'm known as the resident auteur.

I make funny movies.

- For my coworkers' birthdays.

- They're really good.

We have no idea what Jean does at xerox.

- I'm a facilities manager for special...

- When was the last job you had, Danny?

- Those piano lessons.

- Except for the piano lessons?

And there was that gig

at beefsteak Charlie's.

I haven't worked in...

- Since Eliza was born.

- Danny was a house husband.

But now with the separation,

he's gonna have to get a job.

You can't take alimony. That's not right.

What will you do for money?

Well, we sold the apartment,

so we'll split that.

And I'll be staying here for a little,

of course, while I figure it out.

- Thank you again.

- While you're staying here,

could you go through

all the boxes upstairs

and take any posters or papers

that you want from your childhood?

Maureen is taking a fancy trip

to easter island Monday with a group.

When I come back, we're going to start

throwing things away.

- We lived in queens with our mom.

- We don't really have anything.

It's mostly Matt's stuff, but okay.

Matthew's coming out from the coast

in a few weeks.

- He corresponded about meeting for lunch.

- Matt is?

He has some wealthy clients

who are coming over Sunday

to look at the dad's work.

- Matt does?

- Apparently, they're admirers of mine.

We never hear from him,

and then suddenly poof.

That's not true.

Matthew and I correspond quite frequently.

Yeah, he texts with me.

You guys text? About what?

I don't know, things. Life.

Maybe I'll try to see him when he's here.

He's only here for a day to see a client,

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