Apartment 4E Page #3

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( laughing )

HOW'D IT FEEL?

WELL... IT, UH,

IT HURT ACTUALLY.

IT THAT ALL? IT DID FEEL

KIND OF POWERFUL, DIDN'T IT?

I MEAN, YOU WEREN' SURE, AND...

I DIDN'T ANSWER,

AND...

YOU SAVED ME.

HAPPY NOW?

IS IT STILL LOADED?

WHAT?

THE GUN.

( laughs )

NO.

BUT I EXAGGERATE.

YOU THINK ANYONE

WILL CALL THE POLICE?

WHY?

GUN SHOT.

NEIGHBORS.

WELL, THIS IS QUEENS,

NOBODY'S GOING TO CALL THE POLICE.

SO-SO, WHY HAVE A GUN AT ALL?

HUH?

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT KIND OF PSYCHO'S

LURKING AROUND HERE.

YOU HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE

WITH THAT?

PSYCHOS?

OR PSYCHOSIS?

EITHER.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

UH, MOLLIE SAYS YOU HAVEN' BEEN OUT IN A WHILE, IS THAT TRUE?

MOLLIE...

SHE SAYS IT'S BEEN A WHILE

SINCE ANYONE HAD SEEN YOU.

SHE'S NEVER SEEN ME.

SHE SAYS IT'S BEEN WEEKS.

WHAT'S SHE LIKE?

I, UH, YOU KNOW HER

AS WELL AS I DO.

NO, I-I DON'T. I KNOW LITTLE BLACK

CHARACTERS ON A SCREEN.

I'VE GOT FOUR PICTURES

IN A BOOK.

FOUR FLAT LITTLE PICTURES.

ONE SMILING, ONE NO SMILE,

ONE KIND OF SEXY...

NOT DIRTY.

IT'S A SHAME.

REALLY THEY'RE

THE SAME REALLY,

FOR THE FLATNESS,

THERE'S NO FLESH...

OR BONE.

SHE SENT YOU PICTURES OF HERSELF.

THAT'S WHAT I SAID.

YES, I SUPPOSE IT IS.

YOU SUPPOSE YOU WERE STANDING

RIGHT THERE WHEN I SAID IT.

YEAH, I GUESS I JUS DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.

DIDN'T CATCH MY MEANING?

IT'S FUNNY...

THAT TO CATCH A MEANING-

CATCH A MEANING,

IT'S LIKE A KNIFE,

OR A HOT POTATO,

LIKE LITTLE BITS OF COLORED GLASS

BROKEN AND SCATTERED,

ALL READY TO BE:

PUT BACK TOGETHER.

ARE YOU LOST?

I'M STARTING

TO FEEL THAT WAY, YEAH.

( laughing )

SUCH A TINY PLACE

TO GET LOST,

TO BE HARD TO FOLLOW.

WHEN'S THE LAST TIME

YOU WENT OUTSIDE?

OUT THERE-OUT THERE

IS WHERE YOU GET LOST.

IN HERE IT'S TINY.

IT'S TINNY.

IT SOUNDS LIKE A DRUM.

ALL THE SOUNDS, THEY COME

BOUNCING BACK AT YOU.

WELL, MAYBE THAT'S

YOUR PROBLEM.

WHO SAID I HAD A PROBLEM?

YOU DID WHEN YOU

WROTE MOLLIE.

WELL, YOU'RE NOT MOLLIE,

ARE YOU?

AND WHAT, DEAR JOHN,

IS MY PROBLEM?

WELL, UH, THIS

APARTMENT FOR ONE.

DON'T CONFLATE

ORDER AND HYGIENE.

DON'T YOU THINK

IT'S A BIT DEPRESSING?

HMM. DO I LOOK DEPRESSED?

I DON'T KNOW.

WHAT DOES:

THAT LOOK LIKE?

BI-POLAR WITH

A TOUCH OF OCD.

YOU WANT TO LOOK IT UP?

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER,

YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?

( chuckles )

I INTERNALIZE,

IT'S ALL UP HERE.

THE AFFECTED CHAOS

OF MY APARTMEN IS AN ACUTE MANIFESTATION

OF MY CURRENT MANIC PHASE.

IT'S IRONIC, I KNOW, BUT I ONLY

OBSESS COGNITIVELY.

AN AWFULLY COHERENT DIAGNOSIS

OF YOUR OWN DISORDER.

HMM, THANK YOU.

I ALSO HATE MY FATHER,

WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT?

DO YOU?

YOU'RE THE GODDAMN THERAPIST.

RIGHT. OF COURSE, YEAH.

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