Gifted 18-year-old Meg has been abandoned by her father and neglected by her hardworking mother. Left to care for her emotionally disturbed younger sister, her world begins to unravel. She finds an outlet in writing poetry and support from her English teacher, Mr. Auster. But what started out as a mentoring relationship begins to get a bit more complex.

[after looking over her poem]


Auster:
Okay... you tell me.


Meg:
I don't know.


Auster:
Why not? Are you afraid I'm going to tell you your work stinks?


Meg:
Does it?


Auster:
What do you think?


Meg:
Probably. I don't know.


Auster:
Come back when you do.

[rises, starts to leave]


Meg:
It doesn't stink. There's a line that I like.


Auster:
Which one?


Meg:
"Lost leaves spin past the glass, but the trees don't go. They stay by my window."


Auster:
What about the rest of it?


Meg:
I could go deeper.


Auster:
Good for you.

Written and Performed by Lori Carson, Layng Martine III and Jane Scarpantoni
Feels Good for a Minute Music/Corporal Blossom Music (BMI)
(c) 2001