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Pen and Neil, both in their mid-thirties, are at the end of a difficult breakup. The breakup happened because Neil was away for a year because of work, and all Pen could talk about was their dog, Sam. She gave him every minute detail of Sam’s life, and she sent him weekly postcards from the dog. Neil had had enough of it. He and Pen are arguing about the dog and its place in their breakup. Pen is referring to Sam as though he is a human child, and she is trying to guilt Neil into letting the
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PEN: I’m his mother.
NEIL: He’s a dog.
PEN: He’ll go crazier for you with me gone. I’m the one who feeds him, walks him, brushes him, talks to him, plays with him...
NEIL: He’s a dog.
PEN: Stop saying that! If you think that so hard, maybe you should just leave him with me. Maybe you should get a f#&king fish.
NEIL: What?!
PEN: A fish,
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Bob Dylan’s “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go”
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