Ganja & Hess Page #2

"There is a dreadful

need in Man to teach.

"It destroys the pure instinct to learn.

"The navigator learns from the stars.

"The stars teach nothing.

"The sun opens the mind

and sheds light on the flowers.

"The eyes shame the pages of any book.

"Gesture destroys concept.

"Involvement mortifies vanity.

"You are the despised of the earth.

"That is as if you were water

in the desert.

"To be adored on this planet

is to be a symbol of success.

"And you must not succeed

on any terms,

"because life is endless.

"You are as nameless as a flower.

"You are the child of Venus,

"and her natural affection is lust.

"She will touch your belly

with her tongue

"but you must not suffer in it,

"for love is all there is

"and you are cannon fodder

in its defense."

And O Lord...

...that as we are baptized

into the death of thy blessed son,

our savior, Jesus Christ,

and by continually mortifying

our corrupt affections,

we may be buried with him.

Through... the grave and gate of death,

we may pass to our joyful resurrection.

By his merit...

...who died the same...

Good god!

A muse lingers in the room

and dangles a melody in the air

like a ripe fig.

And we eat our summer soup

around the great table,

humming into our plates

some court phrase

then dropping it for a second,

till a bird in the window

sings it clearly

and darts towards the river.

- There's your father.

- Dad!

Enrico! What a surprise,

no one told me you were coming.

- How are you, son?

- Fine.

- How's school going?

- Fine. Never been better.

- Yes? And French?

- Ca Va bien.

Ca Va bien? Formidable...

- Did you get something to drink?

- Nope.

- What would you like?

- Anything.

- Some ginger ale?

- Yeah.

- Archie?

- Yes?

- Can we get a ginger ale?

- But of course, sir.

'All right, I'll do it.'

'When, baby?'

Today.

Today when?

I mean, like in this hour...?

I promise you we'll

make a big take today.

Yeah, a big one. I can feel it.

This is the love movement, man!

Where you comin' from?

Be cool, bro. Cool it.

- I'm gonna help you.

- When, baby?

Today.

When today, is what I wanna know.

See, my time is money.

Soon! I mean...

Be cool, be cool, be cool...

Hey, look at y'all.

- Nothin' here but a slick brother...

- How d'you know, man?

This sort of thing...

If we're going to the Derby,

we need some cash.

All right!

There...

Well, I'll take care of that soon.

That's what you been sayin'

for the past hour.

Well, ain't nobody been in here.

I mean...

Come on, move it.

Do you know a girl named

Dolores Kincaid?

No.

Dolores Kincaid?

No.

Well, you know, you look

just like the boyfriend she had

before she moved to Seattle.

I do?

Yes. I saw him with her once

at the Apollo.

- And you look just like him.

- I see.

There's this strung-out child lives

downstairs from her, you know?

And she was just screaming and yelling,

and I didn't know

what in the world to do.

So I said,

"Well, I have to put a stop to this."

So I decided to call the police.

So I called them and they came

and got her, you know, and...

Sit down, girl.

I said sit down.

I know what I'm gonna do...

Yeah.

Help! Kill him!

'Hello?'

Hello, is my husband there?

I haven't the slightest idea

who your husband is, madam.

George Meda is my husband, and I wanna

speak to him. Put him on the phone!

'Do you hear me talking to you?'

He's not here now.

Hello?

I called the museum

and they told me George was there.

'Now you put him on the phone.

I don't want no more of his sh*t!'

Look, Mrs Meda, I have had

a very difficult morning and if...

I have had a very difficult

f***ing six months!

- It's not possible to talk to Mr Meda now.

- What do you mean, it's not possible?

- He has disappeared.

- 'Disappeared?'

'George freaked out on you?

'He ain't disappeared. He'll show up.

'He's going crazy again,

that's what's happened. He'll be back.

'All right, man,

I'll put it to you straight.'

I just got in from Amsterdam and I do not

have enough money for a decent hotel.

Now since he already has a room there,

if I could come to your place

and stay there

for just a few clays

and wait for him...

Where are you, Mrs Meda?

I'm at the goddamn airport,

that's where I am!

Tell me where you are exactly

and I will send a limousine for you.

I'm standing in front of Pan American

and the driver can't miss me,

cos I'm that evil!

Tell your boss I'm here.

I am Dr Green.

Could you tell me where I could change?

I haven't changed since I left

Amsterdam. I'm very tired.

I have a friend who's a ballet dancer.

And he went to Mexico to dance

at the Palace of Fine Arts.

That's where he scored this stuff,

from Mexico.

And, er...

I think he came up with a really

fantastic, ingenious thing to do.

He puts the grass in a prophylactic,

and rolls it up so that

it's like a suppository, you know?

And then he just... you know?

And then he puts on all

these shorts, right?

Like four pairs, he pulls them on.

Cos they've got these clogs at Customs,

you know when you go through?

And they can smell anything.

Well, almost anything!

And... hey, man,

I think it takes a very heavy cat

to come up with that, I really do.

Don't you think so?

Come...

Hess? Hess!

Hess!

Hess?

Thank you.

Why do you live

in a house this size alone?

That's an impolite question.

A-... they're the

only ones worth asking.

- What do you want now?

- This instant? Or now?

Now.

Money.

Is there anything else?

May I get you fresh coffee?

No, thank you.

I would like some, Archie.

Do you sometimes feel overworked,

Archie?

Good heavens, no, madam.

No, never.

Another impolite question.

I told you,

I specialize in impolite questions...

"They're the only ones

worth asking."

They are!

When people answer them I know more

about them then than I did before.

- What do they know about you?

- Nothing.

They know that you ask

impolite questions.

Yes.

What is there to know about Ganja?

Archie, when you get

the grape jelly...

And you are gonna get the grape jelly,

right?

Of course, madam.

Well, then, why don't

you get the grits...

...at the same time?

The grits?

Grits. Harmony grits. You know

what harmony grits are, don't you?

- Harmony grits?

- Harmony grits.

Now, the other thing I wanted

to ask you about is,

I need an extension cord.

I have a record player

that I wanna play downstairs.

For a record player?

For a record player.

You understand "a record player"?

And you understand "extension cord"?

So we got three things going:

we got some grape jelly, some

harmony grits and an extension cord.

- Don't we?

- Yes, madam.

- Thank you so much.

- But of course, madam.

Archie, how long you been here?

Madam, I came with the house.

- You came with the house?

- Yes, ma'am.

You mean the plumbers

came in and put you in?

- Precisely where...?

- Right there!

- Good heavens!

- You blew your peach.

- Archie!

- That was rather humorous, madam.

Is red one of your favorite colors?

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