One True Thing
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1:12:00
You have taken sabbaticals
for the great American novel.

1:12:03
Why not one for Mom?
1:12:04
Why won't you participate
in the most important thing...

1:12:08
that has happened in your life?
1:12:11
She needs you.
1:12:14
Why is it always more important
for you to hear...

1:12:17
what some writer has to say
than me?

1:12:22
And Brian?
1:12:26
Hey.
1:12:34
Hey, what other tricks do you use
besides your fucking apples...

1:12:37
to get your writing juices
flowing, Dad?

1:12:41
Cheating on Mom, is that one?
1:12:43
I will hire a full-time nurse.
You are going back to New York.

1:12:47
What other tricks?
1:12:54
Several people have mentioned...
1:12:57
a heated argument that you had
with your father...

1:13:00
outside the campus cafe.
1:13:03
It was shortly
after Thanksgiving.

1:13:08
Do you recall the incident?
1:13:11
Uh-huh.
Yeah, I remember.

1:13:18
It was a stressful time...
1:13:23
and there was a lot to do
and it was hard.

1:13:26
So, there was no problem
between you and your father?

1:13:29
No.
1:13:31
Or your father
and your mother?

1:13:34
My mother and my father?
1:13:37
Of course not.
lt was a busy time.

1:13:40
I mean, I was
a full-fledged Minnie.

1:13:43
I remember we were making
the, uh, ornaments...

1:13:48
the craft ornaments
with the feathers and the sequins...

1:13:50
for my mother's
Christmas tree in the square.

1:13:53
And, uh, I would climb
up the ladder...

1:13:56
and she would tell me
where to put them.


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