Box of Moon Light Page #7

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What do you mean, blood weed?

His face and his mouth and his eyes.

He ever stops bleeding,

he's gonna be blind...

All right. Come on, now.

For the rest of his life.

Then we'll see that f***er jump

every time I light a match.

Let me take a look at you, all right?

I'm all right.

Come on, get going.

Take a flashlight,

and wear gloves, ok?

Listen to me, kid.

We're not gonna go anywhere,

all right?

We're not going anywhere.

You're not gonna help me?

I am trying...

I am trying to help you.

Now, cut this crap out.

All right, I'll do it myself.

Kid, come on, now. Calm down.

Calm down? Calm down? Calm down?

At least you can help me, man!

Why aren't you gonna

f***ing help me?

I thought you were my friend, man!

Why ain't you gonna help me?

You f***ing help me!

You f***ing help me.

You f***ing help me, man!

Kid, kid...

Help me, man.

Help me, man.

All right. take it easy. Come on.

Take it easy.

Take it easy. Come on. Come on.

Come on.

What's the matter, Al?

I don't know.

Maybe this whole trip of mine

was just a big mistake.

Hey, Purlene,

here's your underwear.

Are they dry?

I don't know.

Almost.

Ahem.

Ahh!

Whoo!

How are y'all doing?

Name's Bucky, by the way.

You can call me the Kid or just kid...

anything you want to call me.

What is your name?

Floatie.

Sisters? Hey, get out of town.

Hey, Al, come on over!

Come on! They want to talk to you.

Come on.

Whew.

How about that water, huh?

Al, this is, uh, Purlene...

Purlene and Flighty.

Nice to meet you.

We saw them in the store

yesterday, remember?

What were you crying about?

Oh, well, I lost my job.

It was a really good one, too.

I just... I didn't...

I only was there for about a...

They're sisters. Isn't that crazy?

Sisters? Really? Very nice.

Where are you from?

Chicago.

Al's a nuclear engineer.

Electrical, actually...

Field installation

of Zeus turbine generators.

Some people can give an electric shock

just by looking at you.

What about you, buttercup?

You a swimsuit model?

What?

You are, aren't you?

Come on, now. Fess up, girl.

Look, buddy, I work over

at Deever's Tire Service,

and I hate to say it, but...

I think it's time you came in

and got your f***ing

wheels rebalanced.

Yeah. Ha ha ha.

I'll tell you something.

You used to be a cheerleader?

Didn't you?

In the fourth f***ing grade.

And your hair's not

really blond, is it?

Yes, it is.

No, it isn't.

Her hair's red. She's a redhead.

She's got a bright red bush.

I don't believe you said that.

All right, Al.

I'm not gonna say anything.

So what's with you guys?

Were y'all in a car wreck?

No.

We got jumped last night

over at Bambi's

By 6 f***ing sailors.

What kind of sailors?

I ain't never seen

no sailors in Drip Rock.

Wasn't it sailors, Al?

No. they were marines. 5 of them.

That's a great movie...

Green Berets.

Ever see that movie?

I really liked it.

John Wayne, a Japanese guy,

and, uh, Kim Darby.

Damn, it's hot. I'm burning up.

Jump in the water, then, fireball.

Yeah, but I might take my suit off.

Looks like underwear to me.

Well, he's wearing underwear, too,

And you can see right through it.

Yeah, I noticed that.

Yeah?

So we're wearing underwear. So what?

We're just wearing them

'cause you're here.

Usually we go naked.

So do we.

Yeah?

Well, then let's all

take our suits off, ok?

Is that all right with everyone?

Yeah. Go ahead.

Where you going?

I'm gonna jump off this rock, man.

Is that all right with you?

Ever try it naked?

All right, look, peckerhead.

I ain't taking off the suit,

So just forget about it.

Come on, girl.

Whoo! Whoo!

Yeah!

Yeah!

Look at you.

You can't even swim.

Sure I can!

What do you think I'm doing now?

That's the f***ing dog paddle.

My name's Floatie, not Flighty.

Oh.

Ok.

Excuse me for a second, Floatie.

I've gotta check something.

Hey, Floatie,

Come on in

And help me drown this here stray dog!

Yee-haw!

Yow!

Arf arf arf!

Yeah!

Come on, Al!

Maybe later.

I think it came off in that jump!

If you don't wanna parade around

in your wet underwear,

You don't have to, Al.

It's your choice.

Each man can choose

how he marches in the parade of life.

Al Fountain, Wednesday...

July 4th, 1:
05 p.m.

Whoo! Go on, girl!

Whoo!

Arf arf arf arf!

Sisters.

You go, sister!

Whoo!

Oohhh!

Yeah! Come on, Al!

Go!

Whoo!

Yeah!

Come on, kid!

Oh, man!

Yeah!

That smells good.

Hey! All right.

What's with the corn, Al?

Well, you didn't have a pot,

so we'll just toss them in.

They'll cook that way?

Oh, yeah. About 15, 20 minutes.

Wow. Hey.

Hey, where's that

weird tape of yours?

The girls might like it.

What girls?

Purlene and Flighty.

I invited them over for dinner.

Why?

Well, they weren't

doing anything,

and Floatie's still

feeling a little low.

She kind of likes you, Al.

Does she?

Yep. Purlene told me so.

Kid, let's get something

squared away right now.

I'm a married man.

I don't make a habit

of fooling around

with every woman

who kind of likes me.

I'm glad to hear that, man.

Really.

Now, where's the tape?

Look in the car.

Thank you for inviting us.

I really like your house.

Thanks.

You got a kitchen area,

a living room, a dining room.

Al's gonna come in here

and do a whole job on it.

He's gonna do the whole

self-sufficient thing

so I get the solar power,

I get the whole thing.

he's gonna put the jazz in,

the pool table,

the this and the that.

'cause Al knows about that.

He's a nuclear engineer.

You know, Al and I do porno films.

On our free time, of course.

Ha ha ha!

Got 3 more burgers

cooking over there.

How about it, Flighty?

Floatie.

I'm sorry.

Purlene?

No, not me.

I got my jeans unbuttoned now.

Yeah?

Let's see.

Oh! Get out of here, man.

He's like a goddamn dog.

He is.

Remember... Remember Sneaky?

Remember that little stray,

Used to sleep in the garage?

Oh, yeah...

With that one ear

that never went down.

Same hair...

Same eye.

Well, you all look

pretty great yourselves.

Don't they, Al?

Very nice.

I never did have corn cooked this way.

Oh, that's Al.

He made the corn and the chicken,

but I cooked the burgers.

You boys would make

some good husbands.

Yeah, we probably would.

Too bad we ain't looking for any.

Ha ha ha ha.

Well, we're not either.

Besides, Al's already

married. Right, Al?

Do you not feel well?

Actually,

my head has started hurting me again.

Here.

Take one of these.

What are they?

It's just aspirin,

A little something extra.

Thank you.

Yeah. I got a headache, too.

Well, help yourself.

Floatie?

Yeah. I feel a headache coming on.

Well, excuse me.

I've gotta tend the fire.

Pow! Pow! Pow, Pow!

Pow! Get up there!

- Get up there!

- Be careful now, there, kid.

Yeah!

Wow!

Better than f***ing sparklers, huh?

Ha ha ha! Yeah!

Burn, baby, burn!

Space rockets to the moon!

And Uranus!

Hah!

Oh!

Hey!

Look at that, Purl.

Niagara Falls,

Watch this, y'all!

Look at this, man.

I got me a flamethrower.

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