Joe Page #5

Keeps me

from hurting people.

Hey.

The mark of some f***ed-up

faith that there is a reason.

Thank you.

A reason for all

of this.

A reason in most moments I

shouldn't do what I want to do.

I do as I'm told.

These men who bust their asses

work like dogs.

I believe in them,

but every day, they hurt.

They get old,

they peel back.

There's no frontier

anymore.

Allan.

Clark.

Gary.

And I watch that boy,

and I see someone

who's nothing like me,

but he's a child

folks left behind...

with no defense.

Balanced right there.

What do you want?

What is it you want?

Nothing.

Just tell me what I can do.

I like you.

I like you too, but

what's the point in any of it?

F*** to this day.

I mean,

f*** to this day.

It's all just gonna boil up

and wash us away.

And he'll still be here.

Or maybe he won't.

Damn, Joe, why do you keep loading

all these fools in this little truck?

Good to have you

with us again, Sammy.

You drop down any more,

we're gonna have to

get out and push,

and I ain't pushing sh*t.

I thought you had your

eye on a new truck, Joe.

I ain't getting

no new truck.

You need one.

- No, I don't.

If you get a new truck, how

much you want for this old one?

You mean this old

piece of junk?

Smell like somebody done

died up in there. It's nasty.

I don't mind the smell.

I like it.

It smells good

to me.

Yeah, but this thing-

I spend as much time working

on it as I do driving it.

'Course there ain't

nothing major wrong with it.

Just little sh*t. You

know, it needs some brakes.

It needs a new-

Joe, come on.

I'll buy it from you.

I'll work my butt off.

I love the truck. You

have to give it to me now.

Well, I mean, it's got

a lot of miles on it.

You'd be better finding

one in town somewhere.

I don't want one in town.

I like that one.

Come on, Joe.

All right.

I'll take $900 for it...

if I get a new truck.

All right.

Shake hands.

That's what I'm talking

about. Heck, yeah.

All right, hey, y'all, let's go!

Hey, what you

got there?

Hey.

I was wondering if maybe

you could tell me

how to get down

to Water Valley.

My wife, she's in

the hospital down there.

I just now got here.

You know

how far it is?

Is that the highway

that goes to it?

Is it?

What you

drinking?

Nothing.

- Nothing?

You ain't drinking

some wine, are you?

I may.

Yeah, nothing

wrong with that.

Some folks think a feller

ought not drink at all,

but a little drink

never hurt nobody.

That's right.

I get me a little drink

every now and then

when I'm down

at the house,

but the old lady, she

raises so much sand about it,

I don't do a lot

of drinking down there.

I usually wait till I get

uptown like I am now.

Grab me a drink.

She all right?

Yeah, yeah.

She is today.

That's why I'm trying to get

down there to Water Valley,

go see about her.

I was supposed

to have got paid today,

but the old fella,

he never showed up,

you know, so I think I'll

go get me a little drink,

go down to Water Valley

and go see how she's doing.

She in

the hospital?

Yeah, she's in the

hospital. She got cancer.

Just eat up

with it all over.

You know.

Damn thing, you know,

a person just don't know

from one day to the next

which one's

gonna be their last.

Well, it's a beautiful

day out there.

Feeling a little

chill in my bones.

I think it's

fixing to rain.

It's probably fixing to rain some.

Three African painted dogs-

wild dogs- killed a

three-year-old in the zoo.

This toddler, he fell in, hit his head,

and the dogs

got him.

Where was everybody?

A little kid.

Hello, Joe.

How you doing?

Oh.

Sumbitch.

I'll tell you what,

buddy.

All this goddamn back and

forth and back and forth.

I'm f***ing

over it.

Yeah, well...

Maybe it's time

we just- bygones.

You know I could have

killed you, right?

I could have killed you,

but I didn't.

I licked you. I was

aiming for the trees, see?

That shot was meant

as a warning shot,

'cause all you keep doing

is embarrassing me

in front of my

goddamn friends.

I mean, hell, the last

time you slapped me,

there was ladies and

gentlemen present.

So what's this sh*t

I hear

about this kid you got

working for you, huh?

Little drifter kid,

about yea big, hmm?

I don't really

give a sh*t about him,

but I suspect you know

where he lives, don't you?

No.

Huh.

What's wrong,

Spooky?

You still sore at me?

Christy, call the cops

'fore somebody gets killed.

Would you

do that for me, honey?

Hold on.

Get back. Hold it!

Hey, Joe.

- Is Merle around?

- Merle ain't here.

- You all right? - I

want to get blown, but-

Oh, that's right,

you don't like dogs, do you?

That's not true. I love

dogs. Just not that dog.

- That dog is an a**hole!

- I'm sorry, Joe.

Y'all help me get this

f***ing dog out of here!

Joe!

Joe!

You busy?

Come on.

You got any pets?

- I mean, I had a cat.

- A cat? Wonderful.

- What's its name?

- Lucy.

- What'd you feed it?

- I don't know, f***ing dry food.

- What's your favorite color?

- Red.

Blow me.

All right.

Let me just focus

on the snowflake.

- Snowflake on the wall.

- All right, snowflake.

All right, all right,

all right.

- I beg your pardon.

- All right, baby.

It's all right.

You don't

have to run off.

I mean, you can stick

around if you want.

Joe?

Dog.

Pull over. Pull over now!

- Come on. Come on, let's go!

Freeze!

Don't move!

Freeze, Joe!

What? Put the gun down.

Be a man about it

and show me what you got.

- We got you surrounded, Joe.

- Hey, I'm just one dude.

Freeze, Joe. Put your

hands behind your head.

Come on,

what are you gonna do?

- Look, I don't have nothing on me, man.

- Freeze.

Why don't you guys

both be like big boys

and put your guns down

and let's talk about it?

That's all I'm gonna do.

Just talk about it, all right?

Come on.

Who's gonna cuff me?

What do you got?

I'm feeling real good today.

Hey, Joe. You in there, Joe?

Coming in, Joe.

Joe here?

You seen Joe?

Huh?

What you think, man?

You think Joe is gonna

take care of you?

You think Joe's your daddy?

Is that what you think?

Joe ain't your daddy.

I'm your daddy.

I'm the one

taking care of you.

You got some money?

I know you got some

money hid around here.

Where's

your money at?

I ain't got no damn money.

Joe didn't give me none today.

Really?

Give me some money.

I just told you,

I ain't got no damn money.

Ain't got no money, huh?

Got food.

Got food, goddamn it.

You got food, but you ain't

got no f***ing money.

How did you get

the food?

What the hell

you stumbling for?

You can't even take care

of your damn self.

Hey, that's

my sh*t!

Knock your sh*t

off, boy.

Knock your sh*t off.

F***.

You ain't got no

motherfucking money, huh?

Oh, hey.

Look at that, huh?

What you-

oh, yeah!

Yeah, yeah!

Yeah! Yeah!

That's kind of what

I f***ing thought.

Bring it, motherf***er.

- Get the f*** back off me.

How's that, huh?

Just like that, huh?

Just like that.

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