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DUANE
(PHONE RINGS, 3X, PICKUP)
TR (MIDWESTERN, ON PHONE): Hello.
GK: Hi Dad. It's me. Duane. Just called to wish you
happy Father's Day.
TR (MIDWESTERN, ON PHONE): Oh. Right----
GK: It's Sunday.
TR (MIDWESTERN, ON PHONE): Okay. Good.
GK: So. Happy Father's Day.
TR (MIDWESTERN, ON PHONE): Okay. So what you
up to then?
GK: Not much.
TR (MIDWESTERN, ON PHONE): Yeah.
GK: I just called to say hello.
TR (MIDWESTERN, ON PHONE): Well, appreciate you
thinking of me.
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GK: So what are you doing for Father's Day?
TR (MIDWESTERN, ON PHONE): Not much. Just the
usual.
GK: Is Mom there?
TR (MIDWESTERN, ON PHONE): Yeah. You want to
talk to her?
GK: No.
TR (MIDWESTERN, ON PHONE): Okay. She's gonna
know you called though......
GK: How's she going to know that?
TR (MIDWESTERN, ON PHONE): I donno. But she will.
And then she'll chew me out for not handing the phone to
her.
GK: Well, why can't just you and I talk?
TR (MIDWESTERN, ON PHONE): Okay. Talk about
what?
GK: Life.
TR: Okay, you go first.
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GK: Are you happy?
TR: Say---- lemme ask you a question: you got a minute?
GK: Yeah.
TR (MIDWESTERN, ON PHONE): I don't want to take
you away from anything----
GK: It's fine.
TR: I was just wondering----- well, never mind. I can look
it up.
GK: What were you going to ask?
TR: It's okay. I can figure it out. No problem.
GK: Just ask what you were going to ask me.
TR: It's nothing.
GK: Well, it's not nothing if you wanted to ask about it.
What is it?
TR (MIDWESTERN, ON PHONE): Do you think silence
is the path to enlightenment?
(A BEAT)
GK: Are you all right?
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TR: Yeah.
GK: What are you talking about?
TR: Silence.
GK: What about it?
TR: These Zen monks I know call it "Enjitsu". Or
"Joyfully Genuine." Something like that.
GK: Where did you get this?
TR: From my teacher. Soijiro Matsumoto.
GK: When did you start studying Buddhism, Dad?
TR: Oh. About thirty years ago.
GK: Why didn't you tell us?
TR: You didn't ask.
GK: You practice Zen?
TR: Round the house, yeah. Anyway, the fish jumps once
in the moon and the moon does not blink.
GK: What does that mean?
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TR: Think about it.
GK: Okay. I will. Bye Dad. Happy Father's Day.
TR: Yeah. Bye now.
GK: Bye now.
(MUSIC OUT)