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you have to know about Vietnam?

What do you remember when you think about it?

Jesus Christ , Sam.

Hey Emmett!

Hey Sam.

You want to come with me?

I want to talk to you.

Hey, Lonnie.

Go on. Go one. Lonnie take her out of here.

She's pestering me.

Boy, you're in a mood!

That's a good reason to be alone ain't it?

What's the matter with him?

Oh, I don't know.

They all act like there's some big

dark secret or something.

.

Why aren't you at work?

Well, I walked in there this morning and I looked in Quinnie's face

and I thought to myself, I do this for 30 years

and I'm going to look just like Quinnie.

So I told him I quit.

You what?

He says, "Fine we don't need you you're fired.

Wouldn't that burn your ass?

Oh, so you just up and quit.

Box boy. That ain't for me.

I'd like to do something outdoors

where I'm my own boss

Oh well you're your own boss now alright.

So how come you started hanging out

with Emmett's friends over at the diner?

You know I ain't crazy about that.

I didn't ask you to worry about it.

Those guys are still back in Vietnam.

None of them come to nothing.

Shut up Lonnie.

What do You think they're going to do?

Snap and hold me hostage?

Well you know what they say about Emmett.

Ya, I know what they say about everything in Hopewell.

This town town never shuts up.

You think I'm weird because of Emmett.

Oh God, you're not weird.

You just think you are.

Only about half weird.

I gotta find me a job.

I gotta get a car otherwise I'm gonna go nuts.

Let me out Lonnie I feel like running.

Hi Sam!

Hi!

I've been thinking...

Good.

How old were you when you went over there?

Old enough to know better I guess.

Well how old is that?

About a year older than you are now.

Wow.

What do you remember when you think about it?

You know, the first thing?

There were these little white birds.

Used to follow the water buffalo around.

There was one for every water buffalo.

Like he had a little pet.

And these birds would pick the bugs off the buffalo's head.

Sometimes would get right inside of his mouth

and pick the bugs right out of his teeth.

One time... Yes, Algebra.

There was this tree.

And it was full of these white birds.

And a grenade blew it all to Hell.

And all these white birds go flying out of that tree

just like it was snowing.

It was beautiful.

All these beautiful white birds just going about their business.

All this crazy stuff going on around them.

Egrets.

Called them Egrets.

I sure would like to see one of them Egrets again.

Sam! Everything is ready!

Ya, I'm coming.

Emmett, that's neat.

Is it numb?

I hope so.

Can you feel it ?

No.

Ow!!!

You look like you got a surprise.

Didn't hurt that much.

If I had a car I could go to Paducah

and get it done at the mall.

Person needs a car to be free.

Think of the money you're saving.

Is your mom going to sh*t bricks over the second hole?

My momma is provincial and misguided.

And my uncle lets me do what I want to.

Lonnie slept over three nights since he quit his job.

Wow!

My dad would sh*t bricks if I did something like that.

Do you want to marry Lonnie?

I don't know.

Lonnie's not the main thought on my mind right now.

Oh I got to find a dress to wear

to his Brother's wedding.

.

Come on help me find something.

Yeah, look at this old junk.

Wow!

Oh my God! Great!

Is this your mom's old stuff?

Uh ha.

It's like a museum.

I know.

Look, this was never in style.

Look at it!

I wouldn't wear this in the dark.

Now this is too awful.

I do declare!

Oh God.

I have to dig up some money

for a dress to wear one time.

Look at these old records.

Do you listen to them?

No, my ma used to.

She would sing along in this real embarrassing way.

It drove me nuts.

Who are Country Joe and the Fish?

And now she's off having babies in Lexington

driving around with the top down

easy listening on the car radio

with Lorenzo Jones.

Lorenzo Jones?

That's what I call her husband.

I guess she thinks he treats her good.

I'm late but it does not mean anything.

How late?

Two weeks.

I've been this late before.

Why aren't you on the pill?

Jeez, I don't know .

Honey, who's this?

It looks like Lonnie but

what's he doing in a uniform?

Oh, that's my Dad!

He was cute.

Yes, he was.

He died over there just before I was born.

I never knew she had this stuff.

Oh, looks at these letters.

Can we read them?

God, no!

Why not?

I don't know. God, look at him.

He missed everything.

You know what I wish we could do?

What?

I wish we could steal the keys to you brother's car

and we could drive over to the Paducah Oaks Mall.

And we could hang out in those bars where

the businessmen all dress up in those sexy outfits.

Yeah, and we can wear black leather

pants and pink sun glasses.

Do not.

I bet we could get them to give us money.

Ooh, for sex they'll pay anything.

God, this town is dead without a mall.

Yeah, I know it.

Sh*t, that's Kenny .

Does he know?

I don't even know do I.

I'm just late.

Alright, I'm coming!

God!

Where bad is gold in Hopewell!

Bye.

The guys were as excited as I was.

I danced all...I dance all around

and they poured beer on me.

I dreamed that maybe I've got a baby boy...um...

I really don't want to name it Darrell.

That was the name of a guy in my outfit

who isn't with us anymore.

I'd feel like it's unlucky to name him Darrell.

Bill and Bob are too ordinary.

My favorite name is Samuel.

It's from the Bible.

I wish you didn't have to go through this by yourself.

Don't ask me to tell you how it is here.

Don't want to know.

I guess if it's a girl we could call it Samantha

This is Larry and Irene.

Business is good.

Life is great.

And we look forward to your terrific message

after the beep!

Mom, I was looking for a dress to wear

to Lonnie's brother's wedding

and I found Daddy's old letters to you.

Why didn't you take them with you?

I mean what kind of person would walk off

and leave something like that behind?

If I loved someone I wouldn't

leave their letters all around.

I'd keep them close to my heart.

And you never told me he wanted a boy!

You never told me anything!

I don't even know he died.

Get on home Danny.

You're possessed of the devil.

Mend your evil ways dog.

God, Emmett.

now that's the kind of thing that

makes people think you're mentally alienated.

Mentally what?

Alienated.

Is that what I am?

In a nut shell.

Do you know about these?

Irene left them here?

Yeah. Have you read them?

She give them to me a long time ago.

He writes like a kid.

Yeah, that was us.

A bunch of little kids out in the jungle.

Didn't know diddly-sh*t.

Tough to read.

What's a klick?

And what's a bouncing boobie?

Bouncing Betty.

Well, what is it?

Cake Recipe. You're never going to understand it.

You don't want to.

Well I want to know about it!

I've got the right.

"No, I haven't seen any tigers or gorillas.

It's been raining steady for three months now

and everything is mud.

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