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I see disaster.
I see catastrophe.
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Worse, I see lawyers.
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But wait, a messenger.
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I come from the midtown area
where Lenny Weinrib,
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tortured by passions
too overwhelming to regulate,
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did indeed call
this little hustler on the phone...
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in earnest attempt
to see her again.
:38:23
At first he wrestled
with his drives,
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trying to master a curiosity...
:38:27
not slaked by this initial meeting,
but only whetted by it.
:38:30
His thirst to know this woman more
did inexorably provoke him to call her.
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Nervous and confused, at first
he only got her answering machine.
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Then, at fifth try,
she picked up the phone herself.
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Painful to relate that she
thought he was nuts and did
not want to meet him nohow.
:38:46
"Stop bothering me, creep,"
was her cutting declaration.
:38:50
Then she used the "F" word.
:38:52
Agonized, he called again, offering
her abundant financial compensation...
:38:56
just for a brief chat.
:38:58
But she bade him get off her back
and slammed the phone down.
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Finally, in doldrums mixed
with much anxiety,
:39:05
he stood watch
outside her apartment...
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and waited until such a time as he did
spot her heading for the laundromat.
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- Oh, my God!
- Okay, don't get upset or anything.
:39:24
- I just thought we could have lunch.
- Why me?
:39:26
- I'll pay for your time.
I just want to speak to you.
- All right!
:39:29
What are you, some kind
of fucking pervert who--
:39:32
Leave me alone. I'm not--
I'm not one of those psychopaths...
:39:35
that kills prostitutes,
I promise you.
:39:37
- Why would you ever say
something like that?
- I'm joking. I'm joking.
:39:40
Listen, in my work, I have to keep
an eye out for strange individuals.
:39:44
- Okay.
- I knew a girl that got killed.
:39:47
All right. Hey,
I got you some flowers. Here.
:39:49
I got you some flowers.
Let's have lunch. I'll pay for it.
:39:52
I'll pay for your time.
I just wanna talk to you.
:39:57
So then my mother married
my third father.
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I mean, I don't know if she
married him, but he moved in.