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PARTISAN REVIEW
MARY:
It
used to be different.
KARL:
MARY:
KARL:
MARY:
KARL:
That's all over.
When ya need someone and he notices, then he don't know
how ta appreciate that. -Want me ta leave ya alone?
I want my peace and quiet.
No one's sayin' nothin' .
I've had it.
MARY:
Leave it, then we got somethin' for dinner.
KARL:
A bitch
if
there ever was one.
It
makes me puke when I see it.
MARY:
Go ahead, think I'd stop ya? No one asks me whether I like
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KARL:
it or not.
Just you call me a shithead.
Shithead. Pig, you're a filthy pig. I'm gonna sic the cops on
ya. They'll put ya where ya belong. And I worked my heart
out for someone like that. That guy got no gratitude at all.
I'd do it again right now.
Why doncha?
Yeah.-Stop bawlin',
if
ya don't git what I say.
I understand ya all right.
'Cause ya are dumb.
Better dumb than a pig.
I jist don't like it no more.
No one's asked whether they like it or not.
I've had enough.
No one's like ya. You're crazy; plain as day.
Ya can't do nothin' for it.
Yeah.
Shut up and keep out of things.
I've got my rights, too.
Ya got nothin' .
You're a drunk and a lush.
Yeah.
Antisocial ya are.
An old bag ya are.
A bum.
A slut.
I'm not.
Sure ya are.
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