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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.
- 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,
"From our apartment, I can't see
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