HAZEL MORSE BIG AND BLONDE. TINY FEET. SHE HAVE BIG ARMS AND FRECKLES AND PRETTY HANDS. SHE WEAR RINGS, BUT RINGS NOT MAKE HANDS PRETTIER. MAKE HANDS WORSE.
HAZEL NO LOOK BACK TO PAST. GOOD JOB HAZEL.
IF SHE DID, HERE WHAT SHE SEE: WHEN SHE TWENTY SHE MODEL FOR DRESSES, AND SHE POPULAR. SHE NO LIKE IT, BUT GOOD SPORT. MEN LIKE GOOD SPORT.
SHE NO HAVE IDEAS, SHE FALL IN LINE SAME SAME WITH OTHER BIG BLONDES.
HERE COME HERBIE MORSE. HE A THIN MAN, AND SHIFTY. DRINK TOO MUCH.
"YOU DRINK TOO MUCH," SAY HAZEL.
SHE LIKE HIM, EVEN THOUGH HE DRUNK. MAYBE BECAUSE HE DRUNK. SIX WEEKS LATER, BOOM. MARRIED.
HAZEL LIKE BEING BRIDE. SHE WANT BE MARRIED, LIVE IN NEW YORK ALWAYS. SHE NOT GETTING ANY YOUNGER. SHE BEEN GOOD SPORT LONG TIME. HERBIE RICH ENOUGH AND HAVE PRETTY APARTMENT.
SHE LOVE BEING MARRIED, NOT HAVE TO BE GOOD SPORT. SHE TIRED OF BEING GOOD SPORT.
DOROTHY PARKER SMASH GOOD SPORT!!!!
SHE CRY LOTS, EVEN IF NOT SO SAD. TO HER WHO LAUGH SO MUCH CRYING TASTE GOOD. WORLD SAD ANYWAY.
OLD FRIENDS FADE, PEACE COMES. HERBIE LIKE PEACE, THEN HE NO LIKE ALL SUDDEN LIKE. HERBIE CAPRICIOUS.
SICK OF HER CRYING, HE GO OUT, HE COME BACK DRUNK.
WHY MARRIAGE SMASHED?
SHE WANT HIM TO WANT HER. SHE NEED HIM TO NEED HER. BUT HE DRUNK. AND HE NO READ.
(DOROTHY PARKER SMASH NO READ!)
HAZEL NOT KNOW WHAT DO. SHE NO COULD MANAGE. SHE NO COULD MEET. INSTEAD FIGHT. FIGHT FOR DOMESTIC LIFE.
SHE WANT SWEET COMFORTING EVENINGS, BUT SOMETIMES SHE DRESS UP AND GO OUT TO STEAK AND HERBIE GET DRUNK.
"LET'S SMASH, WHAT SAY?" SHE TELL HERBIE. "WE SLEEP WHEN DEAD."
HERBIE DRINK TOO MUCH. SHE SAY "YOU DRINK TO MUCH." HERBIE GET ANGRY. SAY "CRAB CRAB CRAB, THAT YOU. LOUSY SPORT."
HAZEL START TO DRINK TOO. BECAUSE ANGUISH IN HER. SHE DRINK SCOTCH. HERBIE SAY GOOD.
"ATTA GIRL," HE SAY, "YOU GET DRUNK."
BUT NO SAVE SMASHED MARRIAGE. DRINK AND QUARREL. QUARREL AND DRINK.
NO MORE MAKE UP CUDDLES, HAZEL NO SAY SORRY NO MORE. THEY ONLY FORGIVE AND FORGET WHEN DRINK. BUT FIGHT WHEN DRUNK.
HOW THAT FOR IRONY? DOROTHY PARKER SMASH IRONY.
WORDS TURN DEEDS AND HERBIE HITS. HE SAY SORRY. DRINK MORE, FIGHT MORE, HE LEAVE.
ALL THE TIME LEAVING, ALL THE TIME THREATENING NOT COME BACK. HAZEL NO BELIEVE. THINGS CHANGE, SAY HAZEL. THIS MY LIFE NOW, SAY HAZEL.
HAZEL CRY ONLY FOR SELF.
HAZEL DRINK ALONE, ALL DAY. HAZEL IN HAZE. LIFE LIKE A DREAM. NOTHING ASTONISH.
MRS MARTIN MOVE IN ACROSS HALL. BIG BLONDE OF FORTY. HAZEL AND MRS BECOME FRIENDS. DRINK LOTS, BUT NO SHARE TROUBLES. HUSBANDS ALWAYS ENIGMAS.
MRS MARTIN HAVE ADMIRER. ADMIRER HAVE FRIENDS. THEY THE BOYS. THE BOYS BIG AND FUN. HERBIE NO COME HOME ALMOST NEVER. THE BOYS BRING LIQUOR.
HAZEL GOOD SPORT WITH BOYS.
ED IS BOY FROM UTICA, HAVE BUSINESS. ED MARRIED, BUT ED HAZEL'S SPECIAL FRIEND. PLAY FOOTSIE AT POKER. SOMETIMES SHE WIN MONEY.
GOOD THING, TOO. HERBIE GET POSSESSIVE OVER MONEY.
"YOU GET DRUNK WITH MONEY??" HE SAY.
"I TRY BE A GOOD HOUSEWIFE," SHE SAY, "BUT YOU UNGRATEFUL PRICK."
DOROTHY PARKER SMASH UNGRATEFUL PRICK.
ED KISS ON CHEEK. SHE THINK OF KISSES WHEN NOT WITH HIM.
ONE AFTERNOON, HERBIE COME HOME. ON BED, GREY, HANDS SHAKING, SUITCASES PACKED.
"I BLOW THIS POPSICLE STAND," HE SAY. "I GO TO DETROIT, GOT JOB."
"GOOD JOB?" SHE ASK. "YEAH," HE SAY. WHEN HE LOOK AT HER, FOREHEAD TWITCH.
"GODDAMMIT I THROUGH I TELL YOU! I THROUGH WITH SMASH!"
HE MAKE TO GO, BUT HAZEL OFFER DRINK. DRINK TOGETHER ONE LAST TIME.
"MUD IN YOUR EYE," THEY SAY EACH OTHER. "GOOD LUCK," HE SAY. "I BE ALL RIGHT," SHE SAY.
SHE TELL ED HERBIE GONE THAT NIGHT. "WHAT YOU DO? YOU STAY?" HE ASK. SHE DON'T KNOW AND DON'T CARE. WHEN HE KISS HER VIOLENT THAT NIGHT, SHE ENTIRELY PASSIVE.
"LITTLE TIGHT, HONEY?" HE SAY.
"I SWELL," SHE SAY
HAZEL BACK TO BE GOOD SPORT. DOROTHY PARKER SMASH GOOD SPORT.