WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.650 align:middle line:90% 00:00:02.650 --> 00:00:07.180 align:middle line:84% I once decided that I was going to make a movie. 00:00:07.180 --> 00:00:12.400 align:middle line:84% And after writing a few pages of a film scenario, 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:14.230 align:middle line:84% I decided I wasn't going to make a movie. 00:00:14.230 --> 00:00:17.110 align:middle line:90% 00:00:17.110 --> 00:00:21.130 align:middle line:84% And so I turned it into two little poems, 00:00:21.130 --> 00:00:23.288 align:middle line:84% which I called "Two Scenes from the Tenuous 00:00:23.288 --> 00:00:24.205 align:middle line:90% Connection of Dreams." 00:00:24.205 --> 00:00:26.710 align:middle line:90% 00:00:26.710 --> 00:00:29.710 align:middle line:90% Scene four. 00:00:29.710 --> 00:00:32.380 align:middle line:84% "I believe I will look no farther. 00:00:32.380 --> 00:00:35.380 align:middle line:84% Once when I was little, my mother 00:00:35.380 --> 00:00:38.680 align:middle line:84% told me that if I ever found a man with a fish in his pocket, 00:00:38.680 --> 00:00:41.570 align:middle line:84% a key in his ear, and a violin under his foot, 00:00:41.570 --> 00:00:42.670 align:middle line:90% I should marry him. 00:00:42.670 --> 00:00:45.520 align:middle line:90% 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:48.580 align:middle line:84% She said with a fish in his pocket, I'd never be hungry. 00:00:48.580 --> 00:00:51.610 align:middle line:84% A key in his ear, I'd always have a place to stay. 00:00:51.610 --> 00:00:54.250 align:middle line:84% And a violin under his foot, I would always 00:00:54.250 --> 00:00:55.540 align:middle line:90% have music in love. 00:00:55.540 --> 00:00:58.090 align:middle line:90% They go together. 00:00:58.090 --> 00:01:01.660 align:middle line:84% Yesterday, I met a man with all three attributes. 00:01:01.660 --> 00:01:03.640 align:middle line:84% He said he also had a stone for a heart. 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:06.560 align:middle line:84% And what did my mother say about that? 00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:09.130 align:middle line:84% But I had an answer without even thinking. 00:01:09.130 --> 00:01:11.950 align:middle line:84% A rock is one thing you can always be sure of. 00:01:11.950 --> 00:01:14.746 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:01:14.746 --> 00:01:16.150 align:middle line:90% 00:01:16.150 --> 00:01:17.920 align:middle line:84% But he took the fish out of his pocket 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:20.590 align:middle line:84% and threw it in the ocean, took the key from his ear 00:01:20.590 --> 00:01:23.080 align:middle line:84% and gave it away, and without even looking, 00:01:23.080 --> 00:01:26.710 align:middle line:84% stepped on the violin, crushing it, as he walked away. 00:01:26.710 --> 00:01:29.290 align:middle line:90% Lady, he said, I'm in a hurry. 00:01:29.290 --> 00:01:32.650 align:middle line:84% And I remembered my mother had always said, honey, 00:01:32.650 --> 00:01:34.930 align:middle line:90% beware of a man in a hurry. 00:01:34.930 --> 00:01:37.015 align:middle line:84% One thing a woman needs is time." 00:01:37.015 --> 00:01:40.180 align:middle line:90% 00:01:40.180 --> 00:01:43.210 align:middle line:90% And this is scene five. 00:01:43.210 --> 00:01:48.250 align:middle line:84% "A dalmatian was driving a black Chrysler down evening street. 00:01:48.250 --> 00:01:51.205 align:middle line:84% I was struck by the similarity of his face to yours. 00:01:51.205 --> 00:01:54.520 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:01:54.520 --> 00:01:56.230 align:middle line:90% I like dogs. 00:01:56.230 --> 00:01:58.600 align:middle line:90% So I motioned for him to stop. 00:01:58.600 --> 00:02:00.250 align:middle line:84% When the car pulled over to the curve 00:02:00.250 --> 00:02:02.170 align:middle line:84% and he rolled the window down with one paw, 00:02:02.170 --> 00:02:04.300 align:middle line:84% I immediately saw that his resemblance to you 00:02:04.300 --> 00:02:07.090 align:middle line:84% is perfunctory and did not hold upon close scrutiny. 00:02:07.090 --> 00:02:09.669 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:02:09.669 --> 00:02:11.470 align:middle line:90% I said, excuse me. 00:02:11.470 --> 00:02:13.000 align:middle line:90% I thought you were someone else. 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:15.640 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:02:15.640 --> 00:02:19.750 align:middle line:84% As I said it, the dalmatian turned into you. 00:02:19.750 --> 00:02:21.040 align:middle line:90% Now I am confused. 00:02:21.040 --> 00:02:24.010 align:middle line:90% I said, who are you anyway? 00:02:24.010 --> 00:02:26.530 align:middle line:84% But you rolled up your window and drove away. 00:02:26.530 --> 00:02:29.470 align:middle line:84% As the car passed me, I noticed the rear license plate. 00:02:29.470 --> 00:02:32.140 align:middle line:90% It said, confusion. 00:02:32.140 --> 00:02:33.820 align:middle line:90% The car was shiny black. 00:02:33.820 --> 00:02:36.400 align:middle line:84% I had a feeling that everyone in my life at one time 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:39.220 align:middle line:84% rode in that black Chrysler as a passenger. 00:02:39.220 --> 00:02:42.100 align:middle line:84% And you chauffeured them down evening street, or morning 00:02:42.100 --> 00:02:45.130 align:middle line:84% street, or any place they chose to go. 00:02:45.130 --> 00:02:48.250 align:middle line:84% But you passed me just now when the car was empty. 00:02:48.250 --> 00:02:50.950 align:middle line:84% And I found myself saying, who is 00:02:50.950 --> 00:02:56.370 align:middle line:84% this driver that he should not know me even when I'm alone?" 00:02:56.370 --> 00:03:00.000 align:middle line:90%