Torch Song Trilogy Page #2

Oh, don't leave me | out here.

Oh, murray! | Murray! Murray!

Oh, i feel | i'm being used?

Oh, maggie, i couldn't have | tried any more?

You ran me away | from home?

Just to save you | from being alone?

Thank you.

You stole my heart, | and that's what really hurt?

Oh, god. I'm sorry. | Are you ok?

Fine. Yeah.

No permanent damage, | i hope...to your foot.

No. It's fine.

Good.

Excuse me. | Do you have a l--

Great.

Look, um... | name's ed reiss.

My friends | call me ed.

I'm | a sagittarius.

Ha!

What's so funny?

Some people | like to know | that stuff.

I don't believe | any of it myself.

You have | a great smile.

What's your name?

Uh...arnold.

What do your | friends call you?

Arnie or arn?

Arnold.

Well, nice | to meet you, arnold.

Can i buy you | a drink?

I just, um...

So what are you? | Italian?

No. Uh....

Spanish?

Jewish.

Geez--I mean, | i never would | have guessed.

Not with those...

Dark, romantic eyes.

You wearing make-Up?

No.

I mean, | i didn't think so.

You, um... | you here alone?

No. I'm with a friend. | He's in the back.

Oh.

Is he your...

Oh, no! No! | Just a friend.

Oh.

Well...

How lucky for me.

I've got a car.

Ha!

If you're going | to laugh

At everything | i say...

We're never going to | get to bed.

You really do | have beautiful eyes.

And you've got | some routine.

Anyone ever tell you | you've got a very sexy voice?

No, really! You do.

Is that natural, | or do you have a cold?

Fate has | the will of a wisp?

Crazy as a loon...?

I'd ask you back | to my place,

But my roommate | is straight.

He's not comfortable | with gays.

Where does | that leave you?

I date women, too. | I teach in brooklyn.

I keep an apartment | in the city, but i | really live upstate.

I've got a farm | where i spend | weekends, summers.

I grow all | my own vegetables.

You'd love the house.

It's a classic | american saltbox...

Lots of wood detail... | franklin stove.

I'm restoring it myself.

Sounds beautiful.

So what do you do?

I'm a female impersonator.

Ha! No, i meant | for a living.

I'm a female | impersonator.

Does that bother you?

Not yet.

Wait. I'll | get a light.

No! Just...

You're shaking.

Am i?

Sorry.

Better?

Mm-Hmm.

We're having | an intimate dinner | at my place.

Why didn't you tell me | you were going out for love?

I better steal steaks | from the kitchen. | Who had time to shop?

Bertha venatian!

I wonder which | apartment we'll keep.

We hardly need two.

We always be | at the farm.

The farm?

You can't | bring up children | in the city.

Queen of the delicatessen, | virginia hamm!

Mmm!

[Buzz]

[Alarm stops]

Ohh...

Mmm.

Happy two-Week | anniversary.

Oh, ed, | you remembered!

You must remember this?

A kiss is still a kiss?

A sigh is just a sigh?

The fundamental | things...?

Thanks, roz.

As time goes by?

That girl is | stealing your material.

You're | the torch singer.

These days, | i ain't singing | anything bluer

Than zip-A-Dee doo-Dah.

When can | i meet him?

Soon.

You met | his friends?

We don't get out much, | if you know what i mean.

Shut up!

No matter | what the future...?

It's wonderful?

It's marvelous...?

Come on!

Watch your head | there.

And this first step | is a little, uh...

Broken.

It's awful nice, | it's paradise...?

[Crash]

We got to work on that.

It's what | i love to see?

You've made my life?

Good morning.

So glamorous?

You can't blame me | for feeling amorous?

Oh, it's wonderful?

It's marvelous?

That you should | care for me?

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!

Aggghh!

Whooosh!

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!

Uuhhh!

It's wonderful?

[Snore]

It's marvelous?

That you should care?

That you should | care for me?

It's awful nice?

Paradise...?

I'll drop you off.

I'm seeing tom and | janet for dinner.

You didn't tell me | they called.

I forgot. Anyway, | i got to see them.

And you're seeing | lisa and michael | tomorrow night?

For bridge. | They got a friend in | from out of town.

I'll go as your friend | from out of town.

Only joking.

Guess i won't see you again | until the weekend.

My parents | have the farm. | I told you that.

So we'll hide out | at my place.

I've got to see | my folks.

[Doorbell rings]

Ed, why didn't | you call first?

I was worried.

Oh!

Hi, mom.

Happy birthday, | sheyna tateleh.

I can only | stay a minute.

The girls are in the car.

Charlotte got tickets to | some off-Off-Broadway theater.

It's experimental. | They keep their clothes on.

Your father will call | after his mason's meeting.

Your brother, | he'll call when he calls.

Are you redecorating?

Ahh, it's easier | than cleaning.

Don't be so funny.

Hey, you don't get | much light here.

I get indirect | semishade.

It's good | for the plants.

So's manure.

Don't shake. | It's cookies.

Ooooh!

Fancy, fancy! | New tablecloth?

I made it myself. | Took a class.

I'm going to make | napkins to match. | Like it?

Nice.

Pretty pattern, huh?

Very nice.

[Horn honks]

Mama, the ladies!

What are you making? | Potato soup?

Don't! You'll | burn yourself!

Not like what | i make for your father.

With him...boil a potato, | throw in salt and pepper.

You called it | daddy's potato water.

[Horn honking] | i'm coming already!

Why don't | you come with us?

Leave a note | for your friend. | We'll come back for cake.

You go. Have a good time.

Give my love to the ladies.

Many happy returns, | tateleh.

Thanks, ma.

While you're redecorating, | how about this wallpaper?

God damn.

[Buzzer]

Be right there.

Now it seems?

This is how | the story ends?

[Doorbell buzzes]

Yeah, one minute! | Just a second, um...

I thought for once, | it couldn't go wrong?

Hi!

Oh...hi.

My phone was ringing, | and i picked it up

Just in time to hear | someone hang up.

So i was gonna call,

But i figured, | why not come over?

It wasn't me.

Arnold, this isn't | a great time to talk.

I guess that wine | isn't my birthday | surprise.

Your birthday!

You remembered.

Oh, god! | Arnold, i'm sorry.

What's the difference?

We're together | now, right?

Well...

I've got somebody | coming over.

I just want to | see you for a minute.

I understand.

What do you | understand?

You never let me | make the first move.

When i'm going to call, | there you are calling me.

Esp maybe.

Who you got | coming over?

Do i know him?

No.

How do you know?

I know lots of hims.

Battle hymm | of the republic--

You're impossible.

What's wrong, ed?

Not now, arnold.

You can't expect me | to wait until you call.

I told you | to go out.

I can't.

Well, i'm not | ready to make | that commitment.

If i have to | accept you going out,

Then you have to | accept that i'm not!

You really are crazy!

I miss you.

I think about you | all the time.

I'm so damn horny!

You've got no right | to make me feel guilty.

I'm in love | with you.

If i can't see you,

I can b*tch | about it.

[Doorbell buzzes]

Arnold.

Please.

Hello.

Hi, laurel.

This is arnold.

Of course! | Ed's talked about you.

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