Leaves of Grass Page #9

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(Bill)

He lived life

on his own terms

indifferent to fear

either his own

or those of others.

And let's be honest,

by any normal measure

my brother was a criminal

and a colossal f*** up

[chuckles]

Oh, man.

But,

in the years

that we were together

when we were growing up

he gave me the happiest

freest times

that I will ever know.

I don't know why

it took me so long

to realize that.

I left Little Dixie

because of my own fears

My greatest regret is that

I never told him how

difficult that really was.

[Soft guitar]

Bolger, how did you

get those scars?

Prison with

your brother.

My brother

wasn't in prison.

Two years

on possession.

I think he ain't wanted

you to know that.

Saved my life, too.

Three guys jumped me

with box cutters

and your brother,

Brady, went berserk.

Kept the both us

alive in there.

I can't

believe he never...

Wished I could've

repaid the favor.

So tell my baby

I said so long

Tell my mother

I did no wrong

Tell my brother

To watch his own

Tell my friends

To mourn me none

[soft guitar

music continues]

A chain

Upon the face of time

Feeling full

Of foolish rhyme

There ain't no dark

'Til something shines

I'm bound to leave

This dark behind

So,

to what

do I owe this visit?

My brother killed

Pug Rothbaum.

Your brother?

It was the same man

who was shot

by Ken Feinman?

Have you told

the police?

I will.

He wanted you to know

that it

wasn't a hate crime.

I find it hard to believe

your brother didn't have

something against Jews.

I know,

but he didn't.

Then I'll have

to believe you.

[Sighs]

Is there something else?

Why... Why do you think...

Why do we...

We are animals,

Professor Kincaid.

Just brains

that trick us into

thinking we aren't.

What, uh, what

can I do with that?

Repair.

What?

All of us, you, me,

your brother, Pug,

we break the world.

Help repair it.

[Soft piano music]

Hey.

(male)

Come on over here.

(male)

What's this about, Bolger?

I'll let Billy speak.

Have a seat.

Well, go on.

Say what you got to say.

My brother had

a lot of equipment.

His grow house.

Yeah.

We've talked

to a lawyer.

The police

can't confiscate it.

Now, it's

a high-quality

system. It's hydroponic.

I'm proposing

to sell it to you.

That's the whole list.

That, that, that's

at a, a discount price.

Yeah, well, I don't

see it quite like this.

Why not?

'Cause your brother never

paid Pug for that equipment.

(Bill)

So what?

So why I gotta

pay you for it?

Because my brother

is dead.

I have to cover

funeral costs.

He had bills

that weren't paid,

He had a mortgage and his

wife is expecting a baby now.

Okay? All I'm trying to do

is cover his debts

and leave his family

with a little something

can you understand that?

Well, I'm one

of his debts, see?

Before your brother

and Bolger got out

of the penitentiary

I had this whole area

southeastern Oklahoma.

And Pug Rothbaum

come to me for his grass.

And now you're going

to have all of that again

and better product, besides.

Your brother

owes me that equipment.

Come on, man!

Don't you want

to repair the world?

What?

We're breaking

the world. Don't you

want to f***ing repair it?

What I want is for you

to give me that equipment

and then to go back east

with all the other faggots

that think that

New York City's

the only place on Earth.

I don't live

in New York City.

That don't mean

that you don't think

you're better than us.

We are better than you.

We use our powers

of thought!

Don't you turn

your back on me.

(Bill)

You f***ing hick!

Don't you walk away.

Just keep walking.

Don't look back.

Lot's wife.

Who?

She turned

into a pillar of salt...

[swoosh]

Ugh.

Motherf***er.

[Groans]

Ugh.

(Bill)

Help. Help me!

I can't!

[Choking]

Get it out.

It's barbed!

They gotta fletch it.

[Moans]

[Suspense music]

[Breathing heavily]

[Cries and moans]

(Bill)

Ah!

Agh!

Ah!

[Moans]

Oh, my God!

Help me!

No! No!

(Bolger)

Come on.

Get outta there.

(Bolger)

You get outta there.

[Starts engine]

Agh!

Ah!

[Shoots]

[Police sirens]

(Bolger)

He got shot.

Barbed arrow.

(male)

How long ago?

(Bolger)

About 10 minutes.

(male)

Keep him on his side.

(male)

Let's get some vitals.

a line there.

Here you go.

(female)

Open it up.

(Doctor)

You folks wanna

come with me?

Now the arrow missed

his heart by an inch

and his spine

by centimeters.

So, what does this

mean for him?

Well, it'll be

a long recovery.

I guess I don't need

to tell you this.

But you saved his life.

[Thunder]

[Baby cries]

(female)

Yes, yes, yeah.

Billy, it's fixin' to rain.

Thanks, Mom.

You know,

I think

I'm just gonna sit

here for awhile.

In the rain?

I used to be so scared

of these summer storms.

And then when I went

east, I missed them.

I was so frightened that

I used to hide in the closet

and cover my ears.

And I hated that.

So I went to the library

and I studied them.

I learned everything

I could about them,

how they happened,

what made them happen,

the name of every cloud.

And?

They still happened.

You mind if I stay

out here with you?

I wish you would.

[Soft guitar music]

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