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I don't know about this one.

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The title may not be right.

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I got into Depression, the
Depression era of the 30s.

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There's some real fine
plays from the 30s.

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I just saw one called Awake
and Sing, Clifford Odets.

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Thought it was very fine.

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So powerful, the words.

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"1931," that's the title.

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"Having spent the
last of our money,

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my husband comes home,
bringing a small slab of beef.

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My breasts hang out of
my unbuttoned blouse,

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and the nipple oozing
milk tries to lick itself.

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As he bends to kiss
it, I push him away.

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And he goes into
the bedroom to look

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at our son, whose irises
like two blue baby onions

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come apart, skin by
skin as he wakes.

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He brings him to me and
walks out into the road.

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He can't blame me
for not wanting him.

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Before, I only gave
myself out of boredom.

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And with his hunger,
even that is gone.

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I shout, but he keeps walking.

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He knows I'll follow, always
behind or ahead of him,

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but never at his side."

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