:11:17
A month passed;
6 months; a year.
:11:21
Still Ezra refused to accept
the death of his mother.
:11:24
He visited her grave as often as
4 or 5 times a week.
:11:29
And at home...
:11:31
at home he continued as though
she were only away on a trip.
:11:34
He kept her room neat
and clean...
:11:36
and made sure
the stove was always going...
:11:38
so it would be warm
when she returned to him.
:11:41
He dreamed about her...
:11:43
and in his despair,
even wrote letters to her.
:11:48
To the outside world, Ez was,
oh, a little eccentric maybe...
:11:52
but basically a normal,
decent guy.
:11:55
He quit farming altogether...
:11:56
and hired on as a general
handyman for his neighbors...
:11:59
and especially his good friend
Harlan Kootz.
:12:02
Bobby, come on.
It's time to go.
:12:05
OK, Mom. Bye.
:12:09
But the loneliness within him
had grown to a vast abyss...
:12:12
and the pain of his loss at last
pushed him over the precipice...
:12:15
and into madness.
:12:17
Mama...
:12:21
When you comin' home again?
:12:31
I'm real lonesome, Mama.
:12:35
There's nothing but snow
and snow and snow...
:12:42
and the wind blowing
and blowing and blowing.
:12:48
And it's so cold.
:12:52
And I miss you
with all my heart.
:12:57
Amen.