The Bluest Eye (2007)
“I didn’t look in a long time.
You did too— So what? I can look if I want to.
I didn’t say you couldn’t. I just don’t know why you have to look every minute. They aren’t going anywhere.
I know it. I just like to look.
You scared they might go away?
Of course not. How can they go away?
The others went away.
They didn’t go away. They changed.
Go away. Change. What’s the difference?
A lot. Mr. Soaphead said they would last forever.
Forever and ever Amen?
Yes, if you want to know.
You don’t have to ...be so smarty when you talk to me.
I’m not being smarty. You started it.
I’d just like to do something else besides watch you stare in that mirror.
You’re just jealous.
I am not.
You are. You wish you had them.
Ha. What would I look like with blue eyes?
Nothing much.
If you’re going to keep this up, I may as well go on off by myself.
No. Don’t go. What you want to do?
We could go outside and play, I guess.
But it’s too hot.
You can take your old mirror. Put it in your coat pocket, and you can look at yourself up and down the street.MoreLess
You did too— So what? I can look if I want to.
I didn’t say you couldn’t. I just don’t know why you have to look every minute. They aren’t going anywhere.
I know it. I just like to look.
You scared they might go away?
Of course not. How can they go away?
The others went away.
They didn’t go away. They changed.
Go away. Change. What’s the difference?
A lot. Mr. Soaphead said they would last forever.
Forever and ever Amen?
Yes, if you want to know.
You don’t have to ...be so smarty when you talk to me.
I’m not being smarty. You started it.
I’d just like to do something else besides watch you stare in that mirror.
You’re just jealous.
I am not.
You are. You wish you had them.
Ha. What would I look like with blue eyes?
Nothing much.
If you’re going to keep this up, I may as well go on off by myself.
No. Don’t go. What you want to do?
We could go outside and play, I guess.
But it’s too hot.
You can take your old mirror. Put it in your coat pocket, and you can look at yourself up and down the street.MoreLess
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