Robert Tucker, a young gay man who is almost without affect, sits in various waiting rooms. As he sits, he recalls events from the year of his childhood when his father dies. He's ten or eleven that year, picked on by bullies at the Catholic school he attends. He seems friendless. At home, his mother is quiet, his father is ill and angry. After his father's death, there's a wake, the coffin arrives, the body is removed. The lad grieves, alone. 　　译文(2): 罗伯特 · 塔克，一个几乎毫无感情的年轻同性恋者，坐在各种候诊室里。他坐着回忆起童年时父亲去世那一年发生的事情。那年他十岁或者十一岁，在他上的天主教学校被欺负。他好像没什么朋友。在家里，他的母亲是安静的，他的父亲是生病和愤怒。他父亲死后，会有守灵，棺材会送到，尸体会被移走。小伙子独自悲伤。