Kingdom Come
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Good morning, Lula. This is the
Reverend Beverly H. Hooker.
Temperatures up around 99.
Now let's get things started
with the Heaven on a Hookup cycle.
Bud, we got a letter
from your sister this morning.
- I ain't reading it.
- Fine.
- I'll read it.
- I ain't listening.
That's fiine too.
You don't even have to listen.
"Dear brother and Raynelle:
I was expecting
to see you at services Sunday...
something good on TV. Again.
- I know you love that wrestling."
- Damn straight.
"I wonder if they'll
have TVin hell.
I heard Junior's business
went belly-up.
When will your son learn?"
She should talk. One in the pen,
another on the way.
"I think both our sons could learn
something from Buster's boy.
Saturday he mowed the front yard...
...the side yard and them
...so I gave him three dollars
instead of the usual two.
That's about all the news for now.
I'm coming over
Sunday after services.
One of you, Bud...
...needs to get right with the Lord.
And I'm the lady for the job.
We're gonna spend the whole
day singing...
...and praying until
we wear you down.
Like it says in 2 Peter 3:8:
'One day is with the Lord
as a thousand years.'
Your loving sister, Marguerite."
Well, Bud.
What did you think of that?
Bud?
Aw, hell no.
Oh, you're not getting off
that easy.
- Good God, Mama!
- Did you take the Lord's name in vain?
- What the hell do you want?
- Don't talk filth!
Are you still in bed?
Why aren't you looking for a job?
Because it's 7:
00 in the morning!You wouldn't happen
to be suffering from a hangover?
Are you laid up there
with some harlot?
Wake up, harlot! What time is it?
You hear me?
Mama, what do you want?
I just thought you should know...
...your Uncle Bud...
...he passed this morning.
I'm sorry to hear that, Mama.
How's Aunt Raynelle doing?
How you think she's doing?
Her husband just dropped dead...
...in the middle of
one of my letters.
Imagine that.
So we need to go over there
and give them some comfort.
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
What do you mean, "we"?
You're turning
your back on your family?
Can't someone else come get you?
Call Junior or Ray Bud.
They have too much to do.
And I would just die...
...if my own son...
...didn't want to take me
to comfort my brother's widow.
Or maybe I should walk to Lula
in this heat.
Or just drop dead from heat stroke!
Okay, Mama, okay already.
When do you want to go?
When do you think?
Next month?
Get your worthless self
over here now.
Bud won't keep long in this heat.
Reverend, are you sure you don't
want a ham? I've got three.
No, thank you. That's kind of you.
It must be a blessing...
...having your daughter with you
in your bereavement.
Yes, it is.
- You've met Delightful, haven't you?
- Yes, I believe I have.
She's so precious to me.
I can see why.
Being that brother Bud wasn't a
regular member of the church...
...I was hoping you'd tell me
...that I can include in my remarks.
In your own words,
what kind of man was brother Bud?
Well...
...he was mean.
- Mean?
- Mean as a snake.
- I see.
- And surly.
Surly?
Sister, I didn't know
brother Slocumb well.
But to me he seemed...
...a quiet man.
A man of inner strength.
A man who knew his own mind...
...and was at peace with the world.
A wise, noble, gentle man.
Well, you didn't know him
until he got old and sick.
But he was mean,
and he was right surly.
Sister, in my experience,
it's best...
...to remember the happier times.
Well, they were few and far between.
Let me explain something to you,
reverend.
After my two boys were born,
I decided to go back to church.
And once we went
to a revival meeting.
And I got saved.
And I was so happy.
I came rushing back to tell Bud.
He hit the ceiling.
Cursed me out real good.
And I said, "Bud!
This is your immortal soul.
If you don't go
to that revival meeting...
...it will be in danger."
He wouldn't have it.
So I said, "Well...
...if that's how you feel...
...I'm just gonna
cut you off altogether."
- I beg your pardon?
- Not so much...
...as a warm handshake in 20 years.
Except for that one time.
Well, I believe I have all the
information I'm gonna need.
I don't know what I'm gonna say.
Lord knows how I'll get through it.
The humiliation of knowing
Daddy Bud died...
...knowing you never made
nothing of yourself.
It'll be sad to think that...
...Daddy knew we sold everything...
...to move into that trailer to
pay off that dream of yours.
Set that to music, Charisse...
...you'll make everyone cry.
I was just stating the facts, Junior.
I loved him like my own daddy.
You know something, Junior?
I was just thinking
Never!
They're looking down at us
just having a good old laugh.
Who ever thought of a machine
that cleans parking lots? Really!
All our money right down the crapper.
Whoosh!
Just gone.
Damn it, boy! Damn shoe.
Walk around
with one on your foot now.
You know, I could have been
a professional.
- I had talent.
- Talent?
Let me tell you something else,
Mr. Funnyman...
...I could have been lap-tied
to your cousin Teddy Wayne...
...and been the wife of a lawyer.
You're pushing it.
But I couldn't think about myself.
I had to listen to my heart
and marry a fool.
Who spent all our money
on his dream.
- I'm gonna kill us, Charisse.
- Oh, please!
- I'm gonna kill us.
- You ain't gonna kill nobody.
I'm gonna kill us!
Shut up! Just shut up!
My daddy just died.
I'm 33 years old, I'm dead broke,
I've got no money...
...three kids and worst of all
I'm married to you.
Now just shut it up!
I swear before God,
one more word about parking lots...
...I will kill you, and me too.
You got that?
Do you got that?
You'll have to buy some bullets first.
Put that thing away.
Put it away!
How dare you pull that out
You know your daddy was just playing.
He really love us...
...he just goes through something
sometimes. Right, baby?
Y'all play nice, now.
I'm trying to make
funeral arrangements.
Ray's family will
probably ride in the hearse.
So tell Antoine...
Oh, he does?
What if one of us drove it?
Ray Bud's a good driver.
Let's toss him on a truck.
I've gotta let you go, okay?
I got family coming
and nothing to eat.
So I'll stop by later, okay?
And we'll work out the details.
Thanks, Merline.
What are you thanking her for?
Damn thieves!
Ray?
Antoine and Merline are grave robbers.
Now, Ray, let's just stay calm.
And why is Daddy at Depew's anyway?
Slocumbs always go to Patterson's.
I don't know, but
it's what your mom wanted.
It's revenge.
What do you mean?
Antoine Depew. "P.U." Depew?
Remember that?
- You started that?
- It followed him all through school.
Ray, you're talking crazy.
You know how I hate funerals, Lucille.
People asking how you feel.
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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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