Goodnight Irene

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[Patient 1] So how long is this gonna take?
[Nurse] You're gonna have to wait like everyone else.

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[Intercom] Christine Stone,
come to the room with me please.

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[Patient 2] I don't have my card on me.

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You guys don't got it on file?
[Nurse] Yeah.

[Patient 2] How long is it wait?
[Nurse] Do you see everyone out there?

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[Patient 2] What happened to your hand?

[Patient 1] Shot a nail through it?
[Patient 2] Oh, fuck.

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[Patient 2] That sucks.

[Patient 2] Lemme see it.

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[Patient 2] Oh, shit!

Oh, that's fucked.
[Patient 1] It doesn't hurt that bad.

[Patient 2] No, you're gonna have to cut your thumb off.
[Patient 1] Nah.

[Patient 2] Hey! Can't y'all see this man's bleeding?

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Damn. Damn, that's crazy.

My friend's cousin -
my cousin's friend came in here,

died in this waiting room like ten years ago.

His stomach was all hurting because
he got kicked by a horse

two days before, poor bastard just died.

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My mom came in here to get a tooth pulled...

and they pulled the wrong one.

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[Intercom] Manufacture, come to pharmacy.

Manufacture, come to pharmacy.

[Patient 1] How come you're here?
You don't look sick.

[Patient 2] Tests. AIDS test.

I mean, I know I don't have it.
And my girlfriend just wants me to do it.

She won't have sex with me unless I do.

Fucked some slut two weeks ago.
[Patient 1] Dude, watch your mouth.

We have an elder right here.

[Patient 2] Sorry.
[Patient 1] So who's the chick?

[Patient 2] I don't know. I got her number though,
I can give it to you.

I'll tell you, she can fuck,
like she was born to do it.

[Patient 1] Sounds like my ex.
[Elder speaking native language]

[Patient 2] What'd she say?

[Patient 1] I think she said something
about us being nice boys or something.

[Patient 2] Awesome.
[Patient 1] Is that what you said? You called us nice boys?

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[Patient 1] Yeah.
[Patient 2] Thanks. What's your name?

[Irene] Irene.

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[Patient 1] You can't do that here.

[Patient 2] Oh, they don't give a shit.

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[Irene] Smells good. Reminds me of my husband.
[Patient 2] See, Irene doesn't care.

[Patient 1] Who's your husband?
[Irene] His name was Pete Harjo.

Used to have the barbershop in town.
[Patient 1] Yeah, I know Pete. He used to cut

my hair when - when he used to cut my hair.

[Irene] Yeah. One time he used
to cut everyone's hair.

[Patient 1] Did you have kids?
[Irene] Had a daughter.

[Patient 2] She die?

[Irene] She was the one in that real
bad wreck down at the intersection last year.

[Patient 1] That was your daughter?

[Irene] That was my baby girl.

You have kids?

[Patient 1] Yeah. I have a daughter.
She's gonna be three in about two months.

[Irene] You're married?
[Patient 1] No.

[Irene] You better squeeze that little girl tight.

[Patient 1] I will.

[Irene] You better not be having any kids yet.
You're still one yourself.

[Patient 2] No, ma'am. My girl's on birth control.
Ain't nothing can't go in. Nothing can't go out.

[Irene] I know your grandma, you know.

[Patient 2] You do? Which one?
[Irene] Martha.

[Patient 2] Oh, yeah. I'm sorry about my language.
I really need to watch my mouth more often.

Please don't tell my grandma.

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[Irene] It's only words.

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[Patient 2] I brought coffees.
[Irene & Patient 1] Thank you.

[Patient 2] You're welcome.

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[Patient 2] Can't believe I lost it.

[Patient 1] Lost what?
[Patient 2] My CDIV card?

[Irene] That means you don't exist.

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[Patient 2] There it is.
[Intercom] You'll be Mr. Smallhill, come to x-ray.

[Intercom] You'll be Mr. Smallhill, come to x-ray.

[Irene] Ain't that strange that we're the
only people in the world who have to

have a card to prove what race we are?

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[Patient 2] It's true. I never thought of it that way.

[Irene] I burned mine.
[Patient 2] Hell, yeah.

Like hippies and draft cards?

We should all burn them.
[Patient 1] Shit. I ain't gonna burn mine.

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[Patient 2] Here goes.

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[Patient 2] Yeah. I don't exist anymore.

[Irene] You're gonna wake up tomorrow morning
and your skin's gonna be real pale.

[Patient 2] I can't even see you anymore.
Here, have some.

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[Patient 1] God, we've been here all morning.

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[Irene] When my husband was alive,
we used to be able to talk Seminole all the time.

Now I don't have nobody to talk to.

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I still talk to him when I get lonely.

I'm ready to be with him.

Doctors say it's getting close,
but they've been saying that for the past year.

[Patient 1] I wish I would've learned it
when I was a kid, but it just never took.

I mean, I can pretty much
understand most of it though.

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[Irene speaking Seminole]

[Patient 1] Don't tell me. You said something
about like, I live by the river.

[Irene] No, I said...

I live by the lake.
[Patient 1] Man, I was close.

[Patient 2] How do you say
"I sure am good looking?"

[Irene] Hmm.
[Irene speaking Seminole]

[Patient 2 attempting to repeat]

[Patient 2 cockingly repeating phrase x3]

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[Intercom] Irene Harjo, come to
screen in room 1, please.

Irene Harjo, come to screen in room 1 please.

[Irene] It's me.

It's been nice meeting you both.

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I hope you both do good things...

and behave.

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[Patient 1] Well, hey maybe we'll see you around.

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[Irene speaking Seminole]

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