Leaves of Grass Page #4

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What... What are all these?

Oh, NFT spiral system.

NFT?

Yeah. Nutrient

Film Technique.

No soil in there.

The pipes are filled

with hydro-clay.

It's like an expanded

clay aggregate. Supports

the active capillaries.

It's just that

and coconut husks,

if you can believe that sh*t.

No acid.

No alkaline in the base.

Total sterile medium.

You're looking

at seven generations

of hybridization cloning.

They're all

my special

little children.

And we feed you

good too, don't we?

Pump the nutrients

in up into the medium

from underneath.

Big Bud, Connoisseur,

Nirvana, Jungle Juice

Tarantula,

the whole shiterie.

You're looking

at the motherfuckin'

state-of-the-art.

I don't know what to say.

Hear that?

We rendered him speechless.

[Chuckles]

You wanna try some?

No. I make my living

with my mind,

and so I like

to keep it clear.

I forgot who

I was talking to.

You travel

in philosophic space time.

Sh*t. Let's sit on the porch.

I got a new varietal. I gotta

give her a test drive.

Now, I read a article

you wrote in the New

York Review of Books,

about a fellar

called Heidegigger.

Heidegger?

That's the one.

What f*** kinda

name is that?

(Bill)

No. It was a review

of a book exploring

Lacan's take on Heidegger.

Exactly. And that right there

is what I don't understand

about y'all.

Right? Y'all ever,

hardly ever write

about a topic.

You write about what

some other fella wrote

about the topic.

So Heidegigger's got some idea

and then some French guy's

got a, got a take on that

then you write

a review of that and some

other fella comes along

and on and on

and on and on.

You've very neatly

explained academia, Brady.

I'll write an essay for y'all.

Called What the F***'s

the Point?

Yeah. I think

this is right

about where I leave.

Come on. Come on. Hey.

Get you a tug on that.

I said no.

You used to do

this more than I did.

Well, I just don't

do it any more.

Oh, I know

you want some. It's

written all of your face.

The sh*t I grow is better

than anything you're gonna

taste anywhere.

That Jamaica sh*t we

used to buy tasted

like tobacco.

I bet it does.

A tiny taste.

Little, little

bitty old taste.

Just p...

[playful]

Give it a taste.

Fine. Fine.

F***. I don't believe

I'm doing this. This

is so f***ing stupid.

When was the last

time you did this?

[Chuckles]

Graduate school?

Hot damn, this

is gonna lay you out.

[Chuckles]

You remember

the first time?

With Ma?

I remember.

F***ing ridiculous.

F***in' ridiculous.

I guess she just figured

we were gonna find out

on our own anyway.

I don't wanna

know what she was

thinking about.

[Bubbling sound]

Oh, come on.

Give it a real pull there.

Now, how many buds

is you gonna smoke

that's smooth

after you ain't done it

in a number of years?

I've lengthened

the curing process

in the Dutch tradition.

And I got the right

amount of resin.

Wow.

Yeah.

Easy now, Doctor. Oh.

[Chuckles]

Ah.

[Sighs]

Now we're cookin'.

So, anyways. I seem to recall

you didn't think too much

of this fella Heidegigger.

What? No. He was

a f***ing fascist.

He helped out

the National Socialists.

All right.

But this article was

about logic and, and truth,

and how him

and some other fella

related to, uh...

Analytic philosophy.

What was it?

Analytic philosophy.

There was one word

I didn't know. I had

to look it up. Epista...

Epistemology.

Espista what?

Epistemology.

Epistemology. Bingo!

Why are we

talking about this?

Just solving problems.

To a mess you been in.

And as soon as it hit you,

you can't hardly believe you

didn't think of it before.

What is it

you want, Brady?

Ju... You get you

another pull on that.

No. I'm f***ing

euthanized, uh...

Go on now.

Go on.

[Sighs]

Alright. Look.

Here's the thing.

All that equipment

you seen out yonder?

It was expensive.

So I had to see

this Jew in Tulsa

who's kinda in the business.

What do you mean

he's in the business?

Well, the dope

dealing business.

A Jew in the busi...

How do you now

he's a Jew?

Well, he,

trust me. He's a Jew.

Well, what

does that mean? He

has a Jewish last name?

He's a goddamn Jew.

Don't be anti-Semitic.

Anti-what?

Anti-Jew.

I ain't anti-Jew.

I loves everybody.

Oh, Jesus. So, okay.

He's a dope dealer.

So what?

Well, no, he's not really

a dealer. He's a bit more

upstream than that.

But I been his main

supplier of grass.

I still don't see.

Will you listen?

You know, you never listen.

Okay. Okay. Fine.

I'm listening.

I need you to be me.

What?

Down here,

just like we used to

back at home

while I go up there

and figure out this

whole situation.

No f***ing chance, Brady.

I got this one figured.

So simple.

All you gotta do

is go and visit Mom.

You think Mom won't

know the difference

between us?

It ain't about Mom,

goddamn it. It's the Sheriff.

It's him

we're gonna fool.

We don't even

look alike anymore.

Bolger said that

it took five seconds

for the Fuller boys

to think it was me

with a shave and a haircut.

Which is why

he took me to Broken Bow.

He said

you wanted a Coke.

Brady. Brady.

I swear to God.

Even for you...

That might have been

Bolger's idea,

but I didn't

know nothin' about it

until you all showed up here.

No, you're not.

No, we're not...

(Colleen)

Hey, honey.

Y'all started

without us?

(Brady)

Well, you know

you can't have none

of this good stuff.

I know, but

I'm being polite

'cause the rest of them can.

That is so weird.

Sorry, Janet.

Uh, this is my

dear brother Bill,

Bill, this our

good friend, Janet.

Hi. I'm Bill.

Are you having

a smoke?

Oh, I was, yeah.

Oh, you want some?

Oh, I'm gonna

get a beer, thanks.

Yeah. I usually

don't either.

Actually, I never do.

It's all right.

Nobody can say

no to Brady.

I got the mojo.

I got the mojo.

I kinda forgot.

Bolger says

you're a famous,

what was it?

Famous thinker.

"Famous thinker."

He's real famous.

In certain esoteric

circles, well, maybe.

And they pay

you for that?

Well, I mean, I,

I lecture and I,

I teach, I am a professor.

I'm just f***ing with you.

Oh, you're, yeah.

Nice to meet you.

(Brady)

There you go.

Brady!

She's a poet.

What?

Seriously. She writes

f***in' poetry.

And she's the Ladies

Noodling Champion of '05.

Her?

(Brady)

in under 10

hours with nothing

but her bare hands.

[Sighs]

I tried to get

her and Colleen

in a three-way once,

but wasn't neither

of 'em go for it.

[Sighs]

I am leaving on Sunday.

You do understand

that, right?

I'm not

gonna participate...

No. We'll

talk later.

Hey, Bolger,

crank her up, man.

Ah!

Oh!

(Bill)

In one day almost

everything that

has happened here

has only served

to vindicate

why I stay away.

Come on. Don't tell me

that goblet of goodness

ain't made you happy.

No, even that.

Whatever it

actually is.

That's ambrosia, Billy.

That's pure ambrosia.

[Guitar strings]

I'll ride the blue

Wind high and free

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