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Ed and Hank
"L’il darlin’, it’s been a long, cold, lonely winter…”
Disclaimer: Hank told their story to Annie Proulx. Jack and Ennis are all hers. Ed and Hank belong only to each other. Rating: G $$: Nope. Comments: Always appreciated.
Everything else is here:
http://myeyesaintblue.livejournal.com/10082.html
"L'il darlin', it's been a long, cold, lonely winter..."
“Are you okay, Hank…?”
“Yeah… I’m okay… Better than okay as a matter a fact…”
“You don’t look okay.”
“I think it's jus' fin'lly sinkin' in...… Obama ‘n Biden won… They actually won… I been tryin’ so hard not ta get my hopes up ‘cause I jus’ couldn’ take ‘em bein’ dashed again… especially this time… but Obama did it… ‘N folks across this here country did it… they did the right thing… They really did the right thing…”
“They sure did... Hey… are you cryin’…?”
“No... Yeah... I was anyways… Outta sheer relief I think… ‘N because fer the first time in one helluva long time I got some real hope fer some real change…”
“Yeah. I know how ya feel.”
“Feels good… Don’t it…?”
“It sure does… But… I gotta tell ya, Hank…fer a while there I didn’ think you were gonna make it… The way you been these past two months… Hell… There was times I thought I was gonna hafta lock you in the cellar… fer yer own good, mind ya….”
“Cain’t say as I woulda blamed ya...”
“Ya know I woulda made it as comfortable as possible fer ya down there… ‘n I woulda cooked ya hot meals ‘n all… I jus’ wouldna let ya have no computer or TV or radio or nothin’...”
“’N would ya have come down fer conjugal visits…?”
“You betcha.”
“Jeez… Please don’t say tha’ no more…”
“Sorry, Hank… But least-wise you don’t gotta worry about Palin again fer a few years…”
“’N hopefully not even then… Hell… I thought I was losin’ my mind… Ev’ry time I saw her or heard her I’d get a picture in my head of tha’ Martin Sheen character in tha’ movie ‘The Dead Zone’… Remember…? He’s s’posedly a regular kinda guy runnin’ fer president, but in reality he’s a religious nut-job who’s gonna un-loose the nukes in order ta kick-start Armageddon… ‘The missiles are flyin’. Hallelujah, hallelujah!’…”
“Well… Miss Wasilla will definitely be flyin’…but it’ll be back ta Alaska...”
“Hallelujah, hallelujah!”
“Startin’ ta praise God in yer old age, huh…?”
“Them were completely secular, non-religious hallelujahs of pure, unadulterated joy… But… ya know who I would like ta praise...?”
“Nope. But I bet yer gonna tell me…”
“I’d like ta praise all them folks in this country who got out ta vote… some of ‘em standin’ in line fer hours ‘n hours ‘n not lettin’ it deter ‘em... ‘n all them folks who saw through the hate… ‘n all them folks who were workin’ ‘n volunteerin’ fer Obama… ‘n all them folks who kept givin’ money to him ‘til it hurt… ‘N Obama his self… fer bringin’ so many folks ta gether… ‘n fer takin’ the high road…”
“Somethin’ you ain’t real good at yer self.”
“They started it.”
“’N I doubt they’re ever gonna stop it.”
“Prob’bly not... But... I’d still wanna thank all them well-known republicans who spoke out in support of Obama… ‘n any republicans tha’ voted fer him… ‘cause they saw tha’ this wasn’t just about partisan politics… it was about startin’ ta reclaim our country from those folks who’ve steered it so far off course fer so long… ‘n about keepin’ it from them folks who woulda kept on headin’ in tha’ direction…”
“You gettin’ close ta done or should I maybe start hummin’ ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ ta go along with yer speech…”
“Don't worry, I’m done... But... I just wish Obama’s grandma coulda held on fer a few more days… so’s she coulda seen him win like this…”
“Yeah… Me too, Hank… ‘N Studs Terkel too… Iris said he was tryin’ real hard ta make it ta the election… ‘cause he wanted so bad ta see Obama win…”
"Yeah... He sure woulda enjoyed watchin' tha' big ol' party in Grant Park... Them were sure a whole heap a happy folks...
"Yeah... Tha' was somethin'... 'N havin' Iris call us from there... Hell... I couldn' hardly hear a word she said... But it was somethin' all righ'..."
"It sure was. Wish we woulda got a glimpse of her 'n her friends on TV."
"Yeah, me too."
“'N I wish we knew if'n tha' Proposition 8 thing in California got voted down... Alls I keep hearin' is that it's too close ta call... No surprise considerin' all the money Mormons from our state were throwin’ at it in order ta get it passed 'n ban gay marriage… I thought it was ten million dollars... but it turns out it was twenty million... Hell… ya’d think they were gonna be forced ta marry gay folks ta each other in their churches..."
“Hank…”
“’N now we jus’ gotta hope Dubya ‘n all them don’t do somethin’ else real stupid before Obama takes office… Ya know they’re still tryin' ta do a whole lotta damage… workin' ta ease up on controllin' pollution from coal-powered plants, oil refineries, chemical plants... Hell... they're gonna..."
“Hank…”
“Wha’…?”
“Wouldya just shut the hell up fer a l’il while about all tha’ negative stuff… ‘n go back ta enjoyin’ the damn moment…”
“I think maybe I can manage that.”
“Hallelujah.”
“Hey, Ed…?”
“Yeah, Hank…?”
“Can I have this dance…?”
“Wha’ dance…?”
“This one…”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cx2l8_-t38
“Here comes the sun, huh…?”
“Yep. ‘N I say it’s alrigh’… So’s… ya wanna dance…?”
“Yeah… I’ll dance with ya, dumbass… C’mere… I wanna see if’n I can remember how ta spin ya…like I used ta spin Iris…”
“Okay… But I get ta spin you next… ‘N then I’m gonna dip ya…”
“Hell… You’ll prob’bly just end up flingin’ me across the room ‘n breakin’ my leg… Or droppin’ me when ya try ‘n dip me ‘n crackin’ my skull wide open…”
“C’mon, Ed... Why dontcha jus’ shut the hell up fer a minute ‘n try ‘n enjoy the moment…”
“I think maybe I can manage tha’…”
“Hallelujah...”
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Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right
L’il darlin’ it's been a long cold lonely winter.
L’il darlin’ it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, and I say it's all right
L’il darlin’, the smiles returning to the faces
L’il darlin’, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, and I say it's all right
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
L’il darlin’, I feel that ice is slowly melting
L’il darlin’, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, and I say it's all right
It's all right
---
"L’il darlin’, it’s been a long, cold, lonely winter…”
Disclaimer: Hank told their story to Annie Proulx. Jack and Ennis are all hers. Ed and Hank belong only to each other. Rating: G $$: Nope. Comments: Always appreciated.
Everything else is here:
http://myeyesaintblue.livejournal.com/10082.html
"L'il darlin', it's been a long, cold, lonely winter..."
“Are you okay, Hank…?”
“Yeah… I’m okay… Better than okay as a matter a fact…”
“You don’t look okay.”
“I think it's jus' fin'lly sinkin' in...… Obama ‘n Biden won… They actually won… I been tryin’ so hard not ta get my hopes up ‘cause I jus’ couldn’ take ‘em bein’ dashed again… especially this time… but Obama did it… ‘N folks across this here country did it… they did the right thing… They really did the right thing…”
“They sure did... Hey… are you cryin’…?”
“No... Yeah... I was anyways… Outta sheer relief I think… ‘N because fer the first time in one helluva long time I got some real hope fer some real change…”
“Yeah. I know how ya feel.”
“Feels good… Don’t it…?”
“It sure does… But… I gotta tell ya, Hank…fer a while there I didn’ think you were gonna make it… The way you been these past two months… Hell… There was times I thought I was gonna hafta lock you in the cellar… fer yer own good, mind ya….”
“Cain’t say as I woulda blamed ya...”
“Ya know I woulda made it as comfortable as possible fer ya down there… ‘n I woulda cooked ya hot meals ‘n all… I jus’ wouldna let ya have no computer or TV or radio or nothin’...”
“’N would ya have come down fer conjugal visits…?”
“You betcha.”
“Jeez… Please don’t say tha’ no more…”
“Sorry, Hank… But least-wise you don’t gotta worry about Palin again fer a few years…”
“’N hopefully not even then… Hell… I thought I was losin’ my mind… Ev’ry time I saw her or heard her I’d get a picture in my head of tha’ Martin Sheen character in tha’ movie ‘The Dead Zone’… Remember…? He’s s’posedly a regular kinda guy runnin’ fer president, but in reality he’s a religious nut-job who’s gonna un-loose the nukes in order ta kick-start Armageddon… ‘The missiles are flyin’. Hallelujah, hallelujah!’…”
“Well… Miss Wasilla will definitely be flyin’…but it’ll be back ta Alaska...”
“Hallelujah, hallelujah!”
“Startin’ ta praise God in yer old age, huh…?”
“Them were completely secular, non-religious hallelujahs of pure, unadulterated joy… But… ya know who I would like ta praise...?”
“Nope. But I bet yer gonna tell me…”
“I’d like ta praise all them folks in this country who got out ta vote… some of ‘em standin’ in line fer hours ‘n hours ‘n not lettin’ it deter ‘em... ‘n all them folks who saw through the hate… ‘n all them folks who were workin’ ‘n volunteerin’ fer Obama… ‘n all them folks who kept givin’ money to him ‘til it hurt… ‘N Obama his self… fer bringin’ so many folks ta gether… ‘n fer takin’ the high road…”
“Somethin’ you ain’t real good at yer self.”
“They started it.”
“’N I doubt they’re ever gonna stop it.”
“Prob’bly not... But... I’d still wanna thank all them well-known republicans who spoke out in support of Obama… ‘n any republicans tha’ voted fer him… ‘cause they saw tha’ this wasn’t just about partisan politics… it was about startin’ ta reclaim our country from those folks who’ve steered it so far off course fer so long… ‘n about keepin’ it from them folks who woulda kept on headin’ in tha’ direction…”
“You gettin’ close ta done or should I maybe start hummin’ ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ ta go along with yer speech…”
“Don't worry, I’m done... But... I just wish Obama’s grandma coulda held on fer a few more days… so’s she coulda seen him win like this…”
“Yeah… Me too, Hank… ‘N Studs Terkel too… Iris said he was tryin’ real hard ta make it ta the election… ‘cause he wanted so bad ta see Obama win…”
"Yeah... He sure woulda enjoyed watchin' tha' big ol' party in Grant Park... Them were sure a whole heap a happy folks...
"Yeah... Tha' was somethin'... 'N havin' Iris call us from there... Hell... I couldn' hardly hear a word she said... But it was somethin' all righ'..."
"It sure was. Wish we woulda got a glimpse of her 'n her friends on TV."
"Yeah, me too."
“'N I wish we knew if'n tha' Proposition 8 thing in California got voted down... Alls I keep hearin' is that it's too close ta call... No surprise considerin' all the money Mormons from our state were throwin’ at it in order ta get it passed 'n ban gay marriage… I thought it was ten million dollars... but it turns out it was twenty million... Hell… ya’d think they were gonna be forced ta marry gay folks ta each other in their churches..."
“Hank…”
“’N now we jus’ gotta hope Dubya ‘n all them don’t do somethin’ else real stupid before Obama takes office… Ya know they’re still tryin' ta do a whole lotta damage… workin' ta ease up on controllin' pollution from coal-powered plants, oil refineries, chemical plants... Hell... they're gonna..."
“Hank…”
“Wha’…?”
“Wouldya just shut the hell up fer a l’il while about all tha’ negative stuff… ‘n go back ta enjoyin’ the damn moment…”
“I think maybe I can manage that.”
“Hallelujah.”
“Hey, Ed…?”
“Yeah, Hank…?”
“Can I have this dance…?”
“Wha’ dance…?”
“This one…”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cx2l8_-t38
“Here comes the sun, huh…?”
“Yep. ‘N I say it’s alrigh’… So’s… ya wanna dance…?”
“Yeah… I’ll dance with ya, dumbass… C’mere… I wanna see if’n I can remember how ta spin ya…like I used ta spin Iris…”
“Okay… But I get ta spin you next… ‘N then I’m gonna dip ya…”
“Hell… You’ll prob’bly just end up flingin’ me across the room ‘n breakin’ my leg… Or droppin’ me when ya try ‘n dip me ‘n crackin’ my skull wide open…”
“C’mon, Ed... Why dontcha jus’ shut the hell up fer a minute ‘n try ‘n enjoy the moment…”
“I think maybe I can manage tha’…”
“Hallelujah...”
---
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right
L’il darlin’ it's been a long cold lonely winter.
L’il darlin’ it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, and I say it's all right
L’il darlin’, the smiles returning to the faces
L’il darlin’, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, and I say it's all right
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
L’il darlin’, I feel that ice is slowly melting
L’il darlin’, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, and I say it's all right
It's all right
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