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HomelesstoHarvard风雨哈佛路English

Ilovedmymothersomuch

Shewasadrugaddict

Shewasanalcoholic

Shewaslegallyblind

Shewasaschizophrenic

butIneverforgotthatshelovedme

evenifshedidit

allthetime...allthetime...

allthetime

Lisa,givemethemoney!

It'smine!

God,it'smine!

Who'sSaintDonalson.

Who'sSaintDonalson.

YoufreakYoufreak

whatisAmeba？

Whereisit?

Giveittome!

Whatisepidermis.

Whatistheepidermis.Correct!

Giveittome！

Letgo,mom!

Igaveahudredtoyou！

Justcome,Igave100toyou！

tooneofyou！

We'reforcedtoliveon!

Everymonth!

Itis...It's...It'sthesamedamnthing!

Youcanputitinyourarms,sowecanstarve!

it'smine

Ididn'ttakeit!

Giveittome!

Giveittome!

It'smine!

It'smine!

We'rehungry.

Ican't!

Weneedfood,mom!

Whatdidyoueverdoforme,huh?

!

Igaveyoulife!

Tellmegoouttothestreetandsellmyselfforit?

huh?

Doyouwantmetodoit?

IknowIdoitsometimes,right?

Comeon,jinny,whatareyousaying?

Shedoesn'tneedtodothat！

Oh,MyGod！

Ineedit.Ineedit.Ineedit.

Whatisvodena.

Who'sGuerraChampion.

Iwantedthatsmile.Oh,god!

Iwantedthatsmilesomuch!

Iwaspathetic,wasn'tI?

Don'ttaketheaqueduct!

Mummy!

Daddy！

WhoisCarlDeniel

Shetakingtheaqueduct!

She'llgetmugged！

Whocares!

Dad,we'llcopher,ifwecan'tshe'llgetmugged!

Alwaysabigproduction!

See they fixed the light for a change.

not easy to break them again

No, No, No. She's ok, see the water runs downhill.

There's no water

No, No. Don't you know what aqueduck is?

The aqueduct carried water to New York City

for like over a hundred years they did that.

And they close it down, but now the ghost water right?

 He carried your mother along.

My father.You could sit down on a couch and talk to my father.

you just can't talk to him for long.

Hey, Jean !

He knew so much. He got all the answers right on JEOPERDY.

He was a genius, every answer, every time.

That's the thing. Your parends are your Gods.

I look to them as an example of what I should find everywhere on the world.

They paid so little attention to my needs

but then I felt that their needs were so powerful that ...

It didn't make me feel hurt or angry that they didn't look into me.

because I felt ok. This just must to be the human condition to be so.

and then the world came in.

Youtookmyhusband,youlittlebusterd,I'llkillyou.

Nomummy

I'mnotyourmother.Ididyourfavour.Ishouldn'thavetrailonyou!

helpmecleanupthisLiz.Theyseethisthey'regonnatakeus,too.

NO!

NO!

NO!

It'smyhouse.

Don'ttakeme！

getout!

NO！

Don'ttake！

Nofasten!

Shethrewthecat.

Whathappenedtothewindow?

suchyouonfiretakeme...

comeonjean

Whydon'ttakeamedication?

goodgirl！

Shetakesit!

Shejusttakestoomanyotherthingsontopofit...

OKOK

Thisplaceisamess！

Whathappenedhere？

Ifelldown.

OhohohJeanputtheknifedown

OKOK

allrightwhere'sthephone?

wedon'thaveone!

thiswomandoesn'tfit

You'rekidding

Yougirlshavechoice.cleanthisplaceup,helpyourmother.

Howaboutmyfather？

Ignoreher.She'sa...She'safeminist.

IcantakeyouanytimeIwant.

Youkeepskippingschool.Youkeeplivingliketheanimals.

HeyHeywhereareyougoing?

comebackhere.comeback.

You'regonnagotoahome.Doyouknowwhathomeislike?

Therearegirls.They'llbetodulttakeeverythingyouhave.

youcan'thaveanything!

youhavetocleanbathrooms.

you'llworkthereifyoudon'tworkhere.

backup!

backup.

It'snotashow!

Yougotnothingbettertodohuh?

Mummy?

Mummy?

Mummy?

Couldn'ttheysee?

Anyonecouldsee.

Shewasinsomuchpain.

Therewerestrugglessomuchonthesurfacesothereifanyonecaredtolook

Itwasn'tlikeshewasrunningofffrombeingagoodmothertosomebodyelse...

Shejustdidn'thaveanymoretogive.

Iwasalwaysthesmellykidinclass.

Weshouldonthebuckettoshower,butdaddylaughedatherdoing,

saidshehadtomarryadoctorshehassomanyexpectations.

Ididn'thaveanyexpectations.sotherefore,Iguess,Istunk.

andIitchedfromlicksanditburnedbetweenmylegs.

Myteacherswerealwaystellingnottofinchit.

andmyunderwear.Ididn'tknowwhattodoaboutunderwear.

Ijustworeituntilitfellapart.

Allright!

people!

thankyou!

restisover.

Myteethached.Iwashungry.

Theteacher'swordsneverseemedtoreachme.

Wordsjustseemed...fallonthefloor.

Holdmethetest.There'snopointthat...

NO,I'lltakeit.

butyou'vebeenherewhat?

for3timesthismonth?

NO,I'lltakeit.Itdoesn'tlookthathard.

Youdosmell,youknow?

Doesn'tyourmothertellyouthatyougonna.

NONOIt'smyfault.Ijustforget.

OK.Well,whenyouhaveshowertonight,youwanna,youwannawashbackhere?

Ah,I'vebeensavingsomethingsforyou.there

andhere.Howdidyoudothat?

You'reneverinschool.

Ireadalot.

Yeah?

whatdoyouread?

encyclopedia.Theladdyupstairs,Eva,shefinditintheDumpster,thewholeset...

well,exceptfortheErdos

IfyouaskedmeaboutErdos,Iwouldhavegotitwrong.Iwasjustlucky.

Oh,Lizzy!

Youhavetocometoschool.

NO,Imeanit.Look,it'sridiculousyou'rewaytoosmartnottobehere.

Idon'tunderstandwhydon'tyoucome?

OK.Iwill.

HowcouldItellherthatschoolmademesad.

Ididn'tknowhowtotalktoher.Ididn'tknowhowtotalktoanyone.

Myhousewasn'taplaceyoucouldcomeoutofandbenormal.

Wehavetocomeeveryday.OK?

Ifyoudon't,andIwillcallCHILDWELFARE.That'snotathreat.It'sapromise.

Eva, look what I've got.-100!

Yes, encyclopedia

Good, you gotta make good marks. You don't wanna be an idot.

and you keep up now, you hear me?

 now your mother's back.

My mother's back?

Well, we had a nice quiet couple of months, didn't we?

The only good thing about my mother being taking away to the nut house

was that when she came back she was my mum again.

She cooked and she cleaned more than she even to be a court sonographer.

for me, that was a good quiet couple of months before the drugs came back in.

Mummy?

 Mummy?

 Mummy?

Lizzy.

Are you ok?

I'm ok. pumpkin, you look real good.

glad you're home, mummy.

you're glad you're home?

This hospital won't too bad.

It's too green, the walls. and there were bars on the windows.

I'm sorry. you had to say that, you know.

but I'm glad you're home.

NONO.100isgood.100isperfect.Didn'tyoueverget100?

Iain'tgotoschool.Iranawaytooyoung.Don'tyoueverrunawayfromhome.

Iwon't.

Liz,I'llalwaysbehereforyou.

Iknow,mummy.

I'llalwaysbehere.ALWAYS.

Iknow,mummy.

I'msick.I'msick.Liz,I...IhaveAIDS.-NoNo

NONONO.babydon't,Theysay...don'tbeafraid.

Theysay...Imight...theysayIcouldliveforever,ok?

butIcan'tlivehere.Igottagohome.

Thisishome.

No,hometomypop's.IwannatakeyouandLisa.

NoNomom.youhavetostayhere.

Ican'tstopthedrugs.andIcan'tdoitwhenyourdaddyaround.

butyou'llbealone.

Liz,thisisareadygonnaover,justpackupyourthingsandlet'sgo.

Noyousaidpop'sgonnabeatyou.yousaidherapedyoursister.

sincewhatithastobenow.

No,stayhere

Ican't

staymummy!

Everythingwasfallingapart.IthoughtifIcouldstayIcouldstopit.

butifIstayed,everythingwouldsomehowstaythesame.

Justopenthedoor.It'snouse.Weknowyou'reinthere.

Where'syourmotherandsister?

Theyaregone.

Where'syourfather?

He'sgottagetsomefood,he'llberightback.

Yourteachercalled.You'restillnotgoingtoschool.

You'reneverinschool.Wegottadosomethingaboutthis.

MissWonderwarnedyou,Iwarnedyou,everyoneyearcaseworkerswarnedyou.

This'sbeengoingoutforyears

Weallsaidcleanupthisplaceandgotoschool.

cleanupandgotoschool

Youhavedoneneitheroneofthem,haveyou?

Elizabeth,haveyou?

-No

Sowhatwegonnado?

Idon'tknow.

Ido.You'regoingintothesystem.

I'mtakingher.

butbutthingsarebetternow.Mydaddybuysmebigpotatoseveryday

You'renotpayingtherent.You'renotgettinghertoschool.

Itellhertogo.Itoldyoutogotoschool.She'sgottamindofherown.She'safeminist.

Thisisnotajokingmatter.

Packhersuitcase.Now!

NoNoNo-I'msorry.

I'llgotoschool.Please!

Thisisn'tworking.Weneedanadultwho'sresponsible.

Mygrandpa'sresponsible.Mygrandpa'lltakeme.Mysister'sthere.

Yoursistergoestoschool.

I'llgotoschool,I'llgotoschool.Please!

Don'tmakeafass.

I'lltalktohim.andifhe'lltakeyou.You'llbeoutin24hours.

I'msorry.

andifhewon't?

You'llhavetimetofigureouthowyouwannaliveyourlife.

Figureoutmylife.Dopeoplereallydothat?

Dotheydothatwhiletheyarefallingdownintoadeepdarkhole.

buzzedin,lockedin.Itwaslikevisitingmymother.

onlyIwasinthecrazyhousenow.

andIdidn'tgetoutin24hours,Ididn'tgetoutin24days.

Noonewantedme.Theyjustleftmethere.

Whydon'tyougotoschool?

That'sthebigproblemwe'vegothere.

Whydon'tyougo?

FromwhatIcansee,you'vegotadisciplineproblem.

Yougetyourmother.Jean,comeouthere.She'shere.

I'mleavingforschool,butIwannaseeyoufirst.

Thanks,Lisa.

Don'tscrewthisup.We'redoingok.

anddon'texpecttoomuch.She'sdying.

Lizzy!

-Mom

WhenIthinkofmylife.ThisisthetimeIliketothinkof.

WhenIgotback.Whenmother'smindwasclear.

Therewasnococaine.soherschizophrenicseemedabouttoworking.

andwegotothecafe,andsit,andtalk,andeathamburgers.

Weweretogether.Evenwithherbadeyes,

Ithinkshecouldseeme.Well,shecouldseemyoutline.

andforawhile,Ihadmymotheragain.

andwewenttopark.Yeah,Iremember.

Weusedtosidedownthathi