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Dear Mom and Pop.:
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The prospect of you reading this
so shatters me that...
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.../'m a stranger to myself.
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y our fears over my behavior,
which / thought unreasonable...
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...seem now the stuff of wisdom.
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/ have terrible news
/'ve been withholding from you.
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"But, like poison
f rom an adder"s tongue...
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...I have to spit it out.
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I am pregnant."
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Wow. That"s really good writing.
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-Yeah?
-Yeah.
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There's more.
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Perhaps after the anger,
which you have every right to feel...
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...you will remember
/ am the daughter you loved.
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Beverly.
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This is what we"II do. She"II go
to school until she starts to show.
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Then she"II get
her equivalency.
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Then she"II get
a job as a secretary.
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After they"re married,
they"II move into the rec room. Right?
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That"s not the plan
I have in mind.
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l"ve decided what"s best
for my f uture...
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...is not getting married.
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As you can see f rom my letter,
I have a flair for writing.
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-So my plan is--
-Plan?
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You have a plan?
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You have a plan.
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Well, I had a plan too.
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I was gonna work hard,
raise a good family...
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...hold my head up proud.
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That plan"s dead.
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Know what I thought?
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No. No, I better not.