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The cat was allows CARMICHAEL Chisoper Walken MERVYN : ‘Sim Recivl TosY.. CI Amhany Mache MARIN “Zoe KanCHARACTERS (CARMICHAEL MERVYN Toby MARILYN PLACE Smalltowe Acti A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE Scene} Hotel wom, rman Americ Window i back wal, re tespe oie Alte anid ite ese yfke rooms ‘ind onal bed on oh ale, pon which ni Carica ‘idle eft hans msing ad is ight as bi (white ape oering the naar bela it bch, hee 1 lege right bein he he ich ih hee comes aching, ar of sone ying 0 et ont Carmichael ti tee for tome ime, blo en echo ‘der vod, out ap, gos ve t= eh and coche dure fit of He ook eg ad Sens he hse door The kaki spr Caichil ims te fern the clue Thera mid aio. He et {gh guoshor. The ned agiaton ces, CARMICHAEL. I day, did’ 1 (Ponce Carmichael hats the sled hen st back inthe sane plac on the be ts be gu “soy aed ares off in pace aga, He take a cigar from a er ute aril lights ron-banded, pas the ease aay tad fips ‘higher Bac inte his packer. pits 4p the phone addi mame) Hi Mom. Just checked fo a hol someplace called “Tallingtoa, 567-902-9211, room seventeen, Al wel hee Yin, f ope ali wll sere TBavere been ble to get you in couple dajs. T hope nothings wtong, Tm 3 litle bt woried, vo bethoness 50 call me at saon a ou get this OK? Again the ube is 567990.9211, Room sevengeen. (Pete) Noting fur her co eeport ely. Phare) Love yu. (Be replace the recive, 5sin onting while A cng nid eof i mt hac ‘pa Comchu quis ne on bs rong te pia) SEERVN (OP) fan ce the shadow four es man CARMICHAEL (ane) Hanke MERVYN, (Of) on ete shadow four CARMICHAEL tou cane sb sows oy ce MERVYN, (Of) So hw youre tee CARMICHAEL, Wel 1 tm 1 wat her MERVYN, (OF) Wel yo dd ner me CARMICHAEL ‘Wal in alowed oor aver enon wie Sokig tough pcp rn ul eh ecko met P SERN pgs Co oor ie Jeu norm tne ng ise hv gy Meng CiRMteFAE” Ob ya Seep gy MERVYN. Tot vale pcs mpm. oh [work tn he pn I wold ely cll mss eptone GARMCEAEL Yeah acta [adage hips of You nhen I ws cheng MERVIN, “Ok yea How ou gx hac ipreion? Someing ty atk (Cee lr bck se a Meron ed CARMICHAEL” Your suede No Ince chet ole ‘Store he guy on cepon wa us nb ser shoe 1 Gone row song sou sty aude MERVYN, Yul or dings sep, wai Tn whe ‘he back wom CERMICEAEC: (rane) a where the back om i MERVYN. Mn CARMICHAEL” (Pou) You mean, “inthe back oo? MERVYN. eae hater do nyse ote cae of they hc drt ink aby ponma be coming sound ence th bone sos Exe cn you srpind mes kno CARMICHAEL” Upc the expo sean nove SIERVYN. I setpontiy uneannel. We gra tempor Svendsen fit nom ea CARMICHAEL: Win mone phones ju igang MERVYN, War ars gunn ere? CARMICHAEL. Page) Was wars gsr ee? MERVYN, Ths sunt apn beg Sof CARMICHAEL: Ob No. Eel ht thinshawajes a Sr hnclng MERVYN. (us) In your room? CARMICHAEL. "No Ouside my room. Outside, where che MERVYN. Oh, (Powe) What happened those roo ide came tp tothe room with ya? The lak ld, and the white chick? CARMICHAEL, Ct they le MERVYN. They da eave via me CARMICHAEL. No, dey left via the fre escape MERVYN. Ob: Wig? CCARMICHAEI. Oh, shy wat use «bunch of no-good fucking MERVYN. (Pse) dost ely see how tha has anyhing to do with anyehing CARMICHAEL, Well a fie escape i out of bound co gues, MERVYN, Yeah, Unies there fire or something. Or dl somehing a fe dil CARMICHAEL, And was there either af those ov thingy? A ie, fora fre di MERVYN. No. im the one who woud insite a Bre dll any vray, with the fie dell burton CARMICHAEL, Exscty MERVYN. Exacy what CCARMICHARL sacl hac they was a bunch of 0-good fuck ing cum going off on your fire cape, MERVYN" Will har ae you doing being fends with bunch of o-good scum inthe i place for CARMICHAEL. Oh. they ant my fiends. MERVYN. Whar are hey thea? ‘CARMICHAEL. Had some business whem. MERVYN, What kinds busines? CARMICHAEL, you knows ome of ht noe of your a MERVYN, (Pause) Drug, you mean? ‘CARMICHAEL Drugs! DoT lok ik Ym involved inthe drug busines? MERVYN. Tere CARMICHAEL, Well as. 1 can abide thar kinda weakness MERVYN. Abide CARMICHAEL, YeahMERVYN. (Pause) I houghe the gid looked prey bur I chou thet uy eke Lnnepce tin ephonen (CARMICHAEL, Taree wich you sbout the black gy. MERVYN. You did shin the gi Joke pee? (CARMICHAEL. I wuld know anything shout thar kinda sit, ‘man, Ae yu fnshed nosing rou oso wh? MERVYN. (Baie) Haw come you ony got one hand? CARMICHAEL. (Powe) Isa long son MERVYN, Yelle CARMICHAEL. Yah, & long fucking ory MERVYN. (Pace) ae) Tel dhe tne Tm CARMICHAEL. Yeake Well] don have ime. I din have see ase.) Are you going now, Merey? Seems lke receptions ben unmanned fara coon age MERVYN. San, [bie there was something about you 8 Soon 2 you came in, man See, ve had thi wim m0 so uch 2 ‘isto ar some other kinda thing thar worked here long aough and kept eyes open an, something as gona bap, you know? Something dion was gonna happen, Like f= Bunch of guye weaing cour checked i, thir on luggage ss ‘arpooms Where a sor ke thar gona go? Buncha oakeweing hatpoon guy? Or some guy Eom Nigeria checks ie wants sellyoua rollercoaster. “You dat got ho rollercoaster, man, youte from Nigeria” Vksow? "Coe doo sink dey oe rlerconters there no sure, (Passe) Or if lan pands checked in Talks fbbedsh. Wheres a story like sae goana go? Gane gibberish fala panda, Thad be mote of «funny sory! Or what if guy ‘heels and he nly gor one hand ad there some prety Be vith im and cere’ Some black guy with be, and am nines ae the orig sans andthe gl and the lack gu wl, hey tin nowhere robe sen. Wheres sory like ahatgenna go? wonder (Pac) That hada more like your store Then. the oer ‘es (Pause) Wheres a story ike he gonna got {wonder CARMICHAEL. 1 gues well fad ovr a Soon 35 ou Jee (oop sora og, nd spss) MERVYN. T haves upset you, lve CARMICHAEL, You di upeee me none (MERVYN. [ war just checking about the noite, eal They sid Tim supposed co do that. Any uncoward oie, 8 CARMICHAEL, Those car Dac, many theyll ge 7 (Aer ak a bi) " SERA Sew bw ewan carbring, mann tx spl. Marg the de ua hee a mg: ck {een Cartal gore for Merge open i me arom, ey tal in cing mh cin ple snp api paper anda and tly pe) MRR ee, la ory fading apd! Nowe i icing pt you fica Whee ihe! Whos tis fke Ob the bone chor gy What dots he wa (She ses he parapet fed Pee) : MERVING Iwas jot cheng about dhe gunshot Tl be down desi eer of you need meow et ay) MARILYN fe wai hacking abo te what CARMICHAEL “The punsox (Carmahe pit pthe package) MARILYN. (Sued) Where i be! You promised you woulda hurt hi. CARMICHAEL, You wana know bot ong Ive been arching forse Mani? MARILYN. Tid wher ithe, ya goddamn one-handed bast {Comic ety sre lnk ther» Lean gon ba Cen ie Cribb pine bind hen a ln ha lito) What he ding in there? RaSh lye een Che! ‘evs eral annrappg pkgs, Mary, ered oe 0 tl ea a dn ae Se oti fom: dt er math) MARILYN. ‘Whar ave ou done win? CARMICHAEL” [vet done aching hi. MARILIN, Hes unconscious CARMICHAEL, Heat unconscious. (Corichel gos oer and fon tec) No, yout ight He unonsous. gas he tte and when {othe fur of (he os at Cama as egos hac i the pocage) Bees head hot ofl NEARLY. Thace a ere hing dt CARMICHAEL goes, MARILYN, ‘Wl eal you help me eh ou, please! CARMICHAEL, ‘Hoye yar Rsking boven, you gx him ue (erin das bi on, wand teeing To «Buck gay iat 27 gp tnsh bd on i ea ari ae he 9Pree ci ase mom a Seige aaa TE one fe arco ce ag ees oe SESE ae a cunt tgs Be uate aca kGsrehcaaeiamirna i eaccrhentgon fate tates a and, He ger ar ve funded fc dlls steno Eh Furano Socal Eee posing ad of abut seventeen or 9, who led ina town name of ‘Spokane, Washingron, was happily playing catch ousside of his oe oe 10 one ma mart vi saints O7bacrechater ata Aaah ee yore ee ee ae ei Seacriatea ripeness cee cea eer ens, igtalatinebet ae on dineeeeh dec pa cece pa een aes ee er Ta Ses ee era aoe ea seca roan ed niet tgieas ie am econo an ct oeeioesy ee reraereeuaeeae a! Seared arava ee ores ees Pee be he me tetieaueactnt arr fete ole ear are eGR diese Thea cc Peer er Fishers Sean fine at pire aGse tar nanenecia Teen rece alate eos tenn nye dere searching for something thar he mous, even if he ever found it, it SURES oh aie epee necko pick thing p wich ihe sin pi esearch frie ad 2 tl) Cecnme Sv By ond wt mo tore: And ‘Seog lh ove sarod m hard and to hve cle So long, sd oh main herein on of ou ter final del oF thei alee pee with ra ol nents puro low hchand of sng stride aro ak. gv i Jepson wt a gers had when wh Tsk ob pe sce ws ny and sale ad ey ed td IES tide discribe hose with you MARILIN. Thar thes noe CARMICHAEL. To be preted wth he hand ta ot ot off tome colored fla when what {wa alg fon waste and hat cvs of ain ot ppd eo een soe: Pion ‘us, WHAT... THE FUCK» AMT =, SUPPOSED TO DO ‘irr THis IGARILYN. ‘Tacs ax colored mass hand. Thai your and, ‘nhc as jot one dark oe time CARMICHAEL. Whaeyouve gone and doe ig. maybe 1 ‘vent made mysl clea What youve gone and dane youve ‘ghee the and af sige (To Sob) Tow, ofl people, Soul inte The han Si of ne Gor on peo He tno ons supposed ro ren nae. MARILYN. Fs off and {know youke upc and all, bu is prey ofenve you kp sig the word sg and chal in fonna sy EXRNMCHAEL. 16 preny ons Lee wing the wed “ig”? MikRtye tnt ecbgs se se CARMICHAEL. Tifa seer sed dhe word “gg ifyou hada ‘rough mech aed off alge! MARILYN, "The hand of pron of cole” Andi ven the hand operon of elor Is your ban, whats gone dart “ode g tha ay when they've be of of petson long. They se dir think CARMICHAEL Ys, expr? You wanns ce how fice go when ‘hoje been sor ll of beh (Come! btu gu) MARILYN. ‘No way mere we ling about Bes! "TOBY. Se, what hk har happend he, Mr, Cache? Tha and you got there? Tha nt your and CARMICHAEE” ow tha i ny had TOBY. Thats a. thc ge aod ove ot here. 2 CARMICHAEL. Weve ctblhed it. nigger’ hand Te got here. TOBY, Yeah hats Tyrone Dinos hand. Where did you ge hat han rom, hone? [sai the and fiom ontop of se relgeraor, didn MARILYN, Hale ‘TOBY. Where did yu ge tha hand fom, honey? MARILYN, From in he bedroom. Where was ‘TOBY, Yat, ci, 0, Tet the Band fom on top ofthe mig cmon The od hand. Thats that dumbas Tyrone Dixons han “Tacs rcene. Het sigh. To Carmicae!) Yue igh. MARILYN. On top of the reget I dont une. 1 got ce ‘one from in dhe bedroom, TOBY. Yeh! We know! CARMICHAEL, Balle ‘TOBY, Ie olay, hong. Yes yossrewed up, hand-svise, but dont wou abou ie MARILYN. T brought the cly hand we ha ‘TOBY, What I doi. "She brought the only hand we hat" ‘What doi, go ge the corer hand, Il go get che corer hand Top ofthe refigerton, Ifyou want, May can stay here ti Tome bick with your ata! handy which we promised you, MARILYN. Wha eid you just? TOBY. Wats open imn, Mary has bough you the aie wrong hand This cay esfable MARILYN: Yan ast going nowhere TOBY. Whoscreved up, honey? Hand-wise? MARILYN. (To Carmizhel We dont oven hae 2 refigeratt ‘TOBY, “Wie dont even havea veligraton” We havea. deep fier. thng, Dost we MARILYN, ‘Hake ‘TOBY, We havea dep-resze thing, don ne? MARILYN. Bar cha’ out in che guage "TOBY. Yor its out inthe garage, Out nthe arage i where I keep the exes ha MARILYN. ‘The deep fee i broke. TOBY. I know the deepfcee i broken [MARILYN So youre gona leep 2 buncha excess hands in a bro- en dexter? ‘TOBY, Tail O1 TO? ofthe deep Sexe, didn [sid ON TOP ofthe dcp fees I completly acking RRELEVENT, i if Bhe dep fucking fee is faking BROKEN, yout keping your ‘cts fueling hands OW TOP ofthe broken fucking deeper, {sie You flicking [DIOT? Are you acral dlberey FRYING (0 get ue fucking led I THAT wars ging om her MARILYN. Ts noe deltberalyuying to do anything, TOBY. Well aw deliberate eying do something! tam dlib- esti tying eo sve our etpid mothering ive! How about thar pes beset CARMICHAEL, This hand of ine, rp of your broken deep- Fieze, out in the gage. ign any inguishing features 0012 TOBY. (Paue,) Hanh? (Carmichael pe Bs ipl band bebind ir back) ‘CARMICHAEL, Has igor any diinguishing aur on 2 TORY. Ha ic go any disingithing eur oni CARMICHAEL. Yeah, now, ro dinguish ie om, ylnows, ser hopped and Nig! ands, mena’ ands hat TOBY. Veuh, ids gor disinguihingfstre I got a word ae teoed an i CARMICHAEL. (4 beat) What wo has gor tatooed on i ‘TOBY. Br... ite go the word well ite goe the word ee he word a fourleer word and the word thai taooed onthe hand «ithe word. “HATE.” (Carmichael impreptbly flows ‘is rigt ond) Ye, is got the word “HATE” etooed aro the Snuelles there, Is nda faded a Tile bi, bu i there Pl go get Be lke ewency mires, MARILYN. Yo ai going anrvere ‘TOBY. "I ine going anywhere” Di I bring a lack mans hand slong 13 whe mane had patty? MARILYN. (ace) Toa what? CARMICHAEL. Yeah, dont sar talking gibberish now, Toby, ota eink amine, (Carmitan ir 9 the ack nds thnk fg. Mari and Tay whiper lly rapidly) (MARILYN. You chink youre goa fucking leave me here ‘TOBY. No, I dont thin Tm gonna fucking leave you here, and all youve gor wo do nw is tobe quies hone, plese MARILYN. Thats the kind of man vou ate TOBY. [es eal al you have todo ight new MARILYN. Leave me here with thir ray fuck TOBY. us que, just touly uice “4 MARILYN, While you rn offand ind Hand that we dont go? TOBY. oud) You du knew aout het oer hard Bo, oney an (ir hate wy es er jus gue 0, whe bee bikie MARILYN Poking, wha ert bands allover the icing place? "TOBY, ep, ep sve in thtsuation, wor anno dt your fucking mouth a vo fucking second hw Unblieable, oe! How ty belies! Howe sry belerabie MARILYN: And who potas vot stain ia he fi forking ‘net FFOBY, Absoluely no he ne for his MARILYN, Packing andsling now? TOBY, Like some Lind pe mental desis you got MARLYN. WWE DEAL WaEDY " TOBY. Tel hn some me faking tings while youte a3 ‘Maro! Tl hi some move deta so he ean maybe fom he pepapers once he CHOPS OUR FUCKING HEADS OFF! MARILYN. And low come you don even stan up fr youre, he keys sing “nigger he whole ine ‘Fo tue) Tan acl going to st ying now [am ee aly ping asa ARIE ou se sed in I could belie i ‘TOBY, Forth second tine dy, gonna seul start ring my Diggs fing ees ou MARILIN, Lesion the homophobie! ‘TOM. (Stars wey) Js be quis all you ave ro dosighc MARILYN. What are you, crying again? ‘TOBY. [eral you have to do MARILYN, Jens Chis, Toby, TORY. {just anna get out fee alive, Mariya, MARILYN, You think dont wanna just get ou of here alive oot TOBY, No MARILYN, sal you you you, ee Sop crying! (Him ring) ‘Where all your Black Paher shi meu erybaby? Whece' al your Tighe the powers tha be" aon huh? (Him ering) Stop tying! (Fim crying) Sop tying rghe al (Hi ring) Pls, Toby (Toby fly manage stp ring) Jess! Am the oly grown wp round ee (Cormishac gs oe 0b rip ba, tks ou m0 ef hander oka the ro, go 0 he radio on the back 15sell canon se ofc i he gare fo Mavis tcome or ‘Selo Ty for hele dart bow hat 9d, a ei ear es She sih, ge oer and ex he he radar) CARMICHAEL, St down (She dae. eeu th second pair o ‘he sber endof the ato ears ir Toby 9 ee eee) ‘TORY. Buel gor go gt your hand, your hae hand. Pom ontop Of the eeflig nef dexpfcene (Carnie gesues agit ly ger oer cui Kral ti) CARMICHAEL. Whats your addes ‘TOBY, Ob whae! CARMICHAEL. Whact your adres ‘TOBY, No, [aintealing jou my fuking addres, man. No ile telling you ty fucking address CARNCHAEL. (10 Maribn,) Whats hp addres? MARILYN. 1280 Syeamore. (Toy glares a her) CARMICHAEL 1280 Sjeamore. And ts othe garage on 1p of the deep ez, igh (ae) And itn the guage on po ‘TOBY Yeah, isin the giege on top ofthe dep fucking eee. CARMICHAEL «tnd yu know what happen iit ain? ‘TOBY. Something fucking bd I goes. CARMICHAEL. And you koow wharl happen ies a bunch ‘of you lil Back Fens cher, vaing 0 jump me? ‘TOBY. Um... youl die and wel espe and Lal rum our aligh® CARMICHAEL. Fanny. No, nos 1 mipie di, bu 0 (Carmical goer back 0 is ba, he a am of sre ot of i srs elastin he reef to eso Bee Fe eso agi ii te tp of he cat tabs ou dang hin can) Fie gi? How fc aay is 1280 Syeamoe? MARILYN. Um, "bow en minute? (He mate « mena ened. ‘ion, break he cones to and it the ag aop the ga ah ‘inal be tbe ou liber and lights te candle) CARMICHAEL. Thal ie dna othe sin forge fTn not [ack sothen he ool expad ard, au? What ie? Wallet, yes ep es gi, Js (0 ol a he rosin of he othe cane and ve ahi of hi rach tha they mg ow at) Soe in bit (Carmichael ib ou he window oc by fi pe, lo (i end i ane capone te nigh. Tyan Marl {ach ater chi 0 mare bl geen ety ea pul thon ‘sh te ate Th Sty io yah ‘hr at the candle rg ede ec, bu aig! wii rach, 6 Teen ie toffee ad ren te toe a be i sows nr ise Hake ont efi te ed time nary iss se are tae a wth te it of ber ‘pes nds rie bay pry ne une Tibet operon wether ee hc an tek iain Ty rahe rm and es twee ifm her) ‘TOR Gimme te! MARILYN Lee ick TOBY. Thoow ies Fang. sanded fucking. (eh beat fhe rag thee acide hn a her asad din ‘he contr ofthe rors ou ofa) Now ole wha you di! MARILIN. Now lod what i TOBY. Get the ate! Can You rach the aie? (Cars bed auc io» Mar ie of om, psy wt ech, Main Idan andra tse er ipa buy ta let ler ft ea th ee sie of) Sch ot ote! MARIGIN Tm seh ou fox Chak (Se ar agin. defo bred writ rei body seed oe ong the flor nd tite er sand he ba of ber fetch ei Side of thee sein ip) ‘TOBY. “We dori cvn hve egg MARILYN, Fess mel Tin ying td something hee! (Pe She sagen) ‘TOBY. (ee) "We de wee” (Mei blag 0 hfe) MARILYN. Wel we dedi od! We dea weed We dod! and! We dor know nosing bon dealing hens! "TOBY. Yow dont hove to tl shar cncker motherfcker hat In Abend ofa motherickng hand dea MARILYN. And you ere gonna ete mew ha fake TOBY. Ii what Areyousn iia? Our oly poate ot of his sto tha tie, im pong pila ur Bs eng “boating presented with ve and fs mer (MARILYN. Which you did ve cai on TOBY. Which seven? Ys, 1 got thing abou aling 2 cacker white sopemaritmorhecicket who got 3 gun Face and my gids fice, ws waving» nigel round like es « movhercking Kenacky Fed motherfucking chicken ting, Tve go ting abou Peking the dade ppm Ns ‘ie nieasge of RACIAL MOTHERFUCKING PTT HETS! The go hing sue tad v7MARILYN. Ubu TOBY, Arter motherfcking sag, om only pou ou of his sion a me pein ue ofthis rom, go gt gun of ome ted, come back in he mathefucting Sasing The gy ant some linda sex pret Mano The gay an amputee goddam tact mothering cacler mothericking, HAND PSYCHO! Tener in mmnen racheracking ange mothering snad Now wee tb ase imminent oaertking dage! MARILYN T coulda gone gre gun, come in Bling ‘TOBY. Honey you tant hi ger san with a nak Fue ft seayt Now cat we plese ep end put cis oda candle ou? ete! (he mans cone ack at Bi wth comeing ah 0 Ibe ly back dwn aed oan wth he cae Fn ar 0 ‘alge tard er) Yue Sing re hoy NEARULIN Well never be alow thi Tb ay too ety “TOBY. Yl, cha hinds why Iwas thinking we could maybe spor ‘bap and teow whats natin Yano? MARILYN. (Step) Any mat srs, Toy, Lea ie ‘TOBY, jn ge the motherfucking one honey, me oi go Up ite Wao he MARILIN" (Sei agin) “Promensnaldeat-nith” yoke lay I disc ging ayo fr shat one ign op baby “TOBY, The cas hoy concent MARILYN And hyde you ume abou hat ker god- dasa hand? ‘TOBY. Whar ether goddamn hand MARILYN. The bn on op af the esp-r, ‘TOBY. ise) Are you ldding mes MARIN, The sxoocd hand TOBY. The ino toca hand. Tere ino oy oer kind of motericking and MARILIN, Of so now dhe no ay her Kind of moter ing had “TOBY. The qu, Marly, plese MARILYN: Im oo ochig tha ula cunt yo ell ne sine che goddan sory wih the pone thesia ing had, or the goddamn whats Kad of mothering had (Rte Ty ig) TOBY. ‘The uy oter hand had a bunch sicker coveing up 4 18 buncha something sos the finger rght! ged they wast toon Te a too ig a gues, Cracker motherfckets ge ato nd caine big gc tat what» cacker moterfcker ont et stove oe the hages of he mothesuckng hands i SLOVE and motherfucking “HATE,” olay? Is what cricket roshifuckes do, Is the thing about ether moet {Dowie hey snk gonna come up waa bunch of sranegude Shetheyve gone and made up th wf Now you ig wonder, how iknow his sing Rind a “HATE* on icinseada ha jng"LOVE" on MARILYN. Yes, how dd you koww cae ‘TOBY. Total motherfucking girs. now an we ge this mothe fucking case plese, honey? Plawer [MARIEUN. So wait It me gt hight Hera of tour pce to gett caet hand andthe on no her and. Which roby gonna mate im even ore any {TOnY. Nose eaicyup sped on, bony, can we ty and ge thecan (Marly dwn ad sagen nd oa ge he et moving toward thm Once is snchng distance Toy aces nt {fina ecan o and Of, ith ute some ors athe sands 9p Sogn es Case, whan hes MARIEENG T ztd ys did Of my po, esis TOBY. (ying 0 Spon st) What th el has e got in hee. (Thc bu pen aon spl above man band one thei tng gop ame dened and wired se nent ad be, ‘ae nbn wa nr ‘each smut np of rg hanging reer st {Fin ad soe the sad na bands of ben) : MARILYN. ‘Oh oh oof ob ob bl ‘TOBY, A jest hc gota size fll of fcking hand over here. Wha she MARILYN, Thee a bunch of chide ands in hee Toby They Aine usr dvelll Theyre’ Rend! {Top Aw who the el goes around with» bunch of cide’ Sands ands bunch af xr Hand na godamn mosheraling ‘uieaey many xeepe some Kind ofa Fea MARILYN, Nw what are we gonna dot! 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So ‘hen Ti tart going to 2o0s drunk, But chat wasnt ight ete, 50 ‘hen [go taper drunk and thine about dang 2 bunch of race ‘gb arcadia hc ae te boeing AIL would somesimes do for insane if twas a gibbon, would pt ny finger ha the bar, and have hi or her pull my Snget 1 trout even be sar about ay Fag Tews like the gibbon Tew and cared thar wae drank and wondered why. Buc then 1 thought, co the gibbon, "My god, lole what they have done so you They have puryou ins cage you dont wanna be in and make sow pull my Bnger. when what you should be i at home, a Fhinfores, and not pulling anything you didnt choose vo pull” Move likly a banana off we o he tal of another gbbon. And hen hough ro nell, My god is every single monkey in ceey 20 single 200 around the world going slep tonight chinking "Man dont wanna be inthis cages pling some drune guys Hnger, oe knowing what the alls going os wannabe a home in Aca, ‘trhcever they have cinorts, winging ms eo ee, having “Thunanas or what have you” And then I thought, “Ob a0, evry tight when theyte aleeptheye probably dreaming "Tam back Chere, Iam inthe xnfores, Lane avinga banana and then bam! Waking up, ech day in fucking Arsaona. And hate comes that Arun guy Around hens when {sopped going 2005 much nd T started aking alo of speed. Andie was Besa of a speed trvest ha part ofthe bull condiions was I had to come and work in this fcking hot. Which lads me onto now. dia wanna trod in «hoe man, Who want o wore in 2 hoc? Some kinds Fotel loving ed? Bus cats why 1 always hope something exci ing woul Reppen,ylaow? Maybe a prow would ge stabbed thd Paka to go escucler? Or some lesbians would ge sabe? Tul mind they were lebians, sae ‘em, You've gota look cout For people, kam even theyre diferent fom ya. Maybe {ic some linda medal font some kinds Lesbian Asociaion. A rorsing lebins medal. Do dey have tern? They should have (Pa, Leas sed ro hope thei have one of those shoosng -massices at my high choo, didnt you? Tdi. Bu they newer had that my highschool thy just had leon. So Pd alvays kind, | ‘us Yu could sy ie was eye, always kinda daydream that couple of the more peutbed kids would came io and, _leno, sat shooting up the place os of whatever twas in thet Pertonal le was making ‘em ad, yo ike they waste very ood a pots or what have you? Which ca gex you dawn. And they come in, lenow as they do dese ike soldiers, just be deren, and shen Ta, y"kaow do something brve and save ‘veya. Well, nor eerpéady ee i wouldnt be a high school Imasacre, but maybe afer hey gos, sy eveve? Aad then Told door sho wh may broken leg mayne while ehe bullets came in thvough the door and Ilay dete sei-leeding ro death. Or win ow. how whe I woulda even mind dying, along a grt ‘do vomething brve But deine woulda wanna be one fhe ‘ones jst gor shot in dhe head a he outer and did now wha ‘ur going on. That be lousy Jur sing there doing algebra and then aching fore, Wase of bing in a highachool masae ‘Although I bic mos of thoe ide who survived even the onet aSe sho dd something brave, i yu ated them aera wae hey Srouldve pred they probably wouldve pelted the dy ast ‘lye aut asemal and they Went home bored and noone woul Come intel cassroms 0 shoot them wpa all Or ie ealetera fr whatever (Pane) We werent sven allowed in the cafeteria at Start of school when I was a Kid, were you? We were Calera ‘wa fo lei. T dont know that going onthe das alee asc nine oock inthe mooning (nar) Maybe they war having, brik (Paw) Makes ieever ote sad. Pau) How did | get font my high school matsce thing? Oh yeah, the onehanded ‘man. Yew, 29 ¥guess jews around midaighe I cen him hopping tof the ite eeape and panting off Int te night witha gun im his hand. Tew he had a gun, didn Tk i east Bo cat badefising. Line Which ofeaime meant tht the pst) gil war sel up sere, posably dead or dying a this point Twas hoping “hing taher than dead coe then ould maybe staunch the blood ‘veh my shire or something and we eau ger charting ‘Course, iF Jewas al hoice beeen her being ng ad her beg just ed us coe something, Td choose her jst being tid yp, know Fae ick "Cousse, her olred lien dn’ know where the all ew. id rersatoer were Uke him fom, though. He was he lle pric tha ailod me in that sped del om winters bak. I gave Fim az Buck and he old me o wa there and I wated thersand herun aand he did come back He jus dal comeback. Lae standing there for an hour. In theses Ad then she cops shoe tp. Tpeobay shoal have hen rade ny twa hei le, bis, know f wae frius. ‘That litle pric, he was probably vesching fom round the omer or something, lghing. Which i ‘hye ruck in my craw when he didnt even recognize me on the reception de, man, he just loked righ ehvugh me. Maybe Jewas the boxer shor, but dont know, man. isyeck a my caw (Pas) Angry when the oe Sanded mas mother ang up us pur ber seaight through eo the feom. What ele war [gonna do? ‘Sy "Tm sory. your sons morhere ere moment, e's ja armed. sla ny Bi reaped ran fin the night with a gun in isan” She mighta gone hyseric. She aad sounded a Dele ster So, yeah js put er through 0 dhe room. 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