Wonder Wheel Page #5

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The japs hit Pearl Harbor.

So, after I got out,

went back to school and

now I'm workin' to

get my Master's.

But I-I don't resent

my years in the Navy.

I mean, I really saw the world.

You ever travel?

Not really.

No place magical.

You wanna know the

best place I ever saw?

Where's that?

Bora Bora.

I heard of it.

It's over by Tahiti where

Gauguin ran away to paint.

The water there...

so clear and unspoiled.

You can look down and see

all the bright-colored fish.

Bright red and yellow fish.

And-And the flowers are amazing.

And at night,

you never saw stars like

that on this planet.

You can actually read

by starlight.

And what are you gonna write?

Plays about human life.

Great tragic plays where

the protagonist gets crushed

because of some fatal weakness.

Like what?

My tragic flaw is

I'm too romantic a character.

You ever hear that song, uh,

"I Fall in Love Too Easily"?

You always...

think a person's tragedy

is their own fault.

No.

Fate plays a big role.

But more stuff in life is out of our

control than we'd like to admit.

Except...

I brought my troubles on myself.

Yeah.

I guessed that when I saw you.

I thought, "She's very pretty, but

somewhere there's a tragic flaw."

Yeah...

I made a mistake.

But that was years ago.

I'll never make that mistake again.

Yes...?

I have to go.

Hey...

You think you'll make it down

to the beach again soon?

Yeah, I might.

I might.

Where'd you go today?

Came home late.

I took a walk on the beach.

That's unlike you.

I was in a funny mood.

Meh.

Hey...

You wanna go to Yankee

Stadium Sunday?

It's the Red Sox.

It's not me, Humpty.

For the millionth time,

I don't care about baseball.

You used to go!

I tried to get interested

for your sake. I couldn't do it.

You wanna go,

I got an extra ticket?

I wanna go to the movies.

You know what?

You're gonna hurt your

eyes in so many movies.

You're just like your mother,

she lives on that

crap on the radio.

She thinks it's real.

I wanna be honest

with you, Mickey.

I'm married.

I'm a married woman.

I wanna be honest

with you, Mickey.

I'm a married woman.

I'm married, Mickey.

I feel strange mentioning it.

Now that you asked.

I got myself into

a bad situation.

I got myself--I got myself

into a bad situation.

You're right, I had...

I had notions about

ending everything.

I thought about drowning.

Of course, with a kid,

that's not an option.

Besides...

you would've dived in

and ruin my dramatic finale.

I feel trapped.

I feel trapped.

I saw the harbor lights

Ginny did come back

to the beach.

And she looked sexy.

And I knew a spot

on the far end of the boardwalk.

The same old harbor lights

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