Meadowland Page #3

His mom's a piece of work.

And for sure,

the dad has a record.

You've seen them?

Adam forgets his lunch

like three times a week.

And his mom

has to bring it to him.

And she is always

super-duper pissed about it.

Yeah, I can't believe

what she feeds them.

- What?

- Fried chicken, every day.

It's disgusting.

- Hey, how's it going?

- Hi, Pete.

You know it's a process, right?

Just gotta hang in there, man.

- That's all.

- Yeah.

Thanks.

This world is so

out of our control, you know?

Things just happen to us,

the worst things

and we just gotta...

be able, at the end

of the day, just say,

You know what Ted usually tells us?

"The only way past is through."

Yeah...

You know, I've never known

what happened to you.

Do you mind my asking?

Ahh, yeah, just...

It was my daughter.

My daughter,

she was coming home...

on her bike from a friend's

house, she had slept over and...

And this investment banker guy

was coming home drunk

from some bachelor party and...

And he hit her.

And, he took off, and he left

her on the side of the road.

And my marriage, it just...

My wife and I, we were just...

just...

It's been, what,

about two years now?

I still wake up every morning

expecting them to be there.

I even prayed to God, I asked

Him how to deal with this...

How do I live with it?

And He answered me,

and He said, "Look inside."

"Let that guide you."

You know, it's funny,

this city...

You know how you bump

into people all the time?

I keep thinking...

I keep thinking that

I'm going to bump into the guy.

Right, I mean, he did his time

and now he's out,

and what if I bump into him down in

the subway station with his kids,

waiting for the train,

train comes in...

And I push him.

I push him

right into the tracks.

You know, just watch his body

f***ing come apart.

- What'd you get?

- Drumsticks.

Is that it?

Hey, how do you know what

the word "inconceivable" means?

I don't know, I just do.

- What's that?

- Zarontin.

It's for my seizures.

It's an anti-epileptic.

"Anti" mean against and...

It's much better than Depakote

because it doesn't

make me constipated.

And of course,

to be taken with meals.

I'm doing bad in school.

It's a problem.

What subjects

are you having trouble with?

I don't know, all of them.

Did you know that elephants

walk on their tiptoes?

They have four toes

on their forelimbs,

and three toes

on their hindlimbs.

You're a really smart kid.

You know that?

No.

Can I have a sip of your soda?

No?

I'll just choke.

Turn the music off

for me, please.

I'm not gonna ask you twice.

Yeah, I'd be happy to. Come in.

What's the problem?

Thank you very much!

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