I don't have nuffin to write today and I don't hate no one. Not even my muhver. My head is all dark inside so I don't have nuffin to write today...Maybe nuffin never.
Ms.Rain: Your baby okay?
Precious: Yeah. He good...
Won't bress feed him no more to be safe.
Ms.Rain: One time in your journal you told me that
you had never really told your story.
write.
Precious: What for? How?! I feel like I am drowning inside a giant river Miz Rain. Thas what...
왜? 왜라는 원망을 해 본적이 있나?
The words "Why me?" sit alone
on the page with lines crossd through them
Ms.Rain: Precious, would you
come to my office for a moment?
Precious: Nurse say I am H.I.V. positive.
The air changes sharply.
Everything stops.
Precious exhales.
I don't have nuffin to write today and I don't hate no one. Not even my muhver. My head is all dark inside so I don't have nuffin to write today...Maybe nuffin never.
Ms.Rain: Your baby okay?
Precious: Yeah. He good...
Won't bress feed him no more to be safe.
Ms.Rain: One time in your journal you told me that
you had never really told your story.
write.
Precious: What for? How?! I feel like I am
drowning inside a giant river Miz
Rain. Thas what...
Ms.Rain: I think telling your story will get
you over that river Precious ...
Precious: FUCK YOU! YOU DON'T KNOW NUFFIN
WHAT I BEEN THROUGH!!! I NEVER HAD
NO BOYFRIEND! MY DADDY SAY HE GONNA
MARRY ME BUT HOW HE DO THAT,
FUCKING ME ILLEGAL? I NEVER BEEN NO
CHILD! NOT EVEN ONE DAY!!!
Ms.Rain: Open your notebook Precious.
Precious: I'm tired Miz Rain!
Ms.Rain: I know you are but you can't stop now.
You gotta fight through this.
You still have to live your life
and do the best you can with the hand
you've been dealt. If not for yourself
then for the people who love you.
...