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1:34:01
The same thing
you're doing.

1:34:03
No! I'm reciting KADDISH
for my husband.

1:34:06
Your blasfeming your religion.
1:34:15
We were married
for 35 years.

1:34:17
Your gonna compare my marriage
to you and Alan?

1:34:20
I MEAN THE LOSS.
1:34:21
What lose did you have?
You fooled around with some boy.

1:34:24
Where do you compare
that with a marriage

1:34:27
of 35 years?
1:34:29
Come on. I'm not
one of your pals.

1:34:32
I lost someone I loved.
1:34:34
So you felt bad.
Maybe you cried.

1:34:37
35 years I lived
with this man.

1:34:40
He got sick,
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I took him
to the hospital.

1:34:44
I gave them a man.
1:34:46
They gave me a place
to visit on Holy days.

1:34:48
How could you know
how I felt?

1:34:51
It took two months
before I slept
in our bed.

1:34:54
IT TOOK A YEAR
1:34:56
BEFORE I COULD SAY
"I" INSTEAD OF "WE."

1:34:59
HOW DARE YOU?
1:35:01
YOU'RE RIGHT.
HOW DARE I?

1:35:03
I COULDN'T KNOW
HOW IT FEELS

1:35:05
TO PUT SOMEBODY'S THINGS
IN PLASTIC BAGS

1:35:08
AND WATCH GARBAGE MEN
TAKE THEM AWAY.

1:35:11
OR HOW IT FEELS
WHEN YOU FORGET

1:35:14
AND SET HIS PLACE
AT THE TABLE.

1:35:17
THE FOOD ROTS
BECAUSE YOU FORGOT

1:35:20
HOW TO SHOP FOR ONE.
1:35:22
YOU HAD IT EASY!
1:35:24
DO I DESERVE THIS?
1:35:26
YOU HAVE YOUR FRIENDS
AND RELATIVES!

1:35:29
I HAD ME.
1:35:30
MY FRIENDS SAID,
"AT LEAST YOU HAD A LOVER."

1:35:34
YOU LOST YOUR HUSBAND
IN A CLEAN HOSPITAL.

1:35:38
I LOST MINE ON THE STREET.
1:35:41
THEY KILLED HIM
ON THE STREET.

1:35:44
27 YEARS OLD LAYING DEAD.
1:35:46
KILLED BY KIDS
WITH BASEBALL BATS!

1:35:49
THAT'S RIGHT, MA,
KILLED BY CHILDREN.

1:35:52
CHILDREN TAUGHT
BY PEOPLE LIKE YOU.

1:35:54
QUEERS DON'T MATTER!
1:35:55
QUEERS DON'T LOVE!
1:35:57
AND THOSE THAT DO
DESERVE WHAT THEY GET!


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