Manglehorn Page #5

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The world's changed so much

and I've been around for so many years.

Without you around,

there's no point.

I got nothing, but frustration...

disappointment.

I need you, Clara.

I need you. I need you more than anything

in the world right now.

I look for happiness.

Without you, that don't exist.

You know...

loving you...

is the only thing I ever done right.

No one compares.

They never will.

- Hi. How are you?

- Hi.

- I'm good.

- Come in, come in.

I want you to... I want you

to see my place.

Yeah, well, that must be

the world famous... Chief! Right?

- Yes.

- Hey, Chief! Let me see you.

- Be good.

- That poor baby. Come to papa.

You've... come here,

come here, come here.

Hey, Chief, say hello to me.

I heard so much about you.

Yes. The poor baby's

gotta have this stuff.

How long does he have to have it on for?

Oh, just for a couple of more days.

- Just a couple of more days.

- Yeah.

Hey, my boy. Here, come on.

He's something, isn't he?

Gee, sorry.

Oh, my God.

Well, I'm sorry.

- Now, don't be.

- I do it every time.

That happens all the time.

I put that in the wrong place.

- But the dirt came out now.

- You have a seat. Let me get it.

- You got a vacuum cleaner in here?

- No. Absolutely not.

- I've got to clean that up.

- I'll get that.

Thank you very much.

Well, it is a nice place

you got here, I must say, it is...

you know, you got

all the knick knacks here.

Look at this. You got a fancy

clay collection and everything.

What'd you do? Boost these things

from Queen of England or something?

Yeah. Look at this.

I know this... this has got real value.

I know these things.

I like your shirt.

- Yeah?

- You look good.

You do too. Thank you.

You look...

you look like a race horse or something.

Yeah.

- I look like a race horse.

- Yeah, I said that.

Well, there's worse things...

- Things just come out of my head sometime.

- No.

I always say the wrong thing, but what

I meant to say is you look really good.

- Have a seat.

- I'm okay.

Would you like a glass of wine

or you know, grape juice?

Yeah, well, blood of Christ.

Blood of Christ.

I'm happy you asked me to dinner.

- Where is your bathroom?

- Oh, right there.

Thank you.

Two seniors.

20 dollars 93 cents.

It went up? When did it go up?

You people gotta eat too, I guess.

It went up. 4 more dollars

than it normally is.

You believe that?

How's the fish?

Shall we go get a drink after this?

Maybe see a movie.

Well, you know, I think I better

get back to...

to Fannie and...

I... I thought she was

on recovery at the vet.

Yeah, she is, but you know...

she's... kinda lonely and then I've just...

I don't wanna leave her there alone.

They've got the 24-hour visitation,

so I could go any time.

You're a good man.

I really had such a nice time

with you the other day.

I like being around you.

Yeah. I'm... I'm just a person,

you know?

Well, I'm a people person,

so you're in luck.

Yeah. People.

- Who needs 'em, right?

- You don't mean that.

Yeah. Well, you know, most of them.

Don't be a grump. People are important.

With... with... with people

you... you have substance...

and life's better

when there's human substance.

I love life.

Like I'm a baby.

I just...

wake up excited everyday that I'm alive.

I... I love everything.

I really do.

You know what I love?

I love... taking baths.

And watching the water

come out of the faucet.

I just sit there.

- Yeah.

- And think... isn't that amazing?

All this beautiful clean water coming

right out of the faucet stickin' on my wall.

Simple things, you know?

Big things.

Let's take a bath together.

Would you like to take a bath with me?

You know, you're wearing

this very similar dress...

that Clara used to wear.

- Who's Clara?

- Clara.

She was a very special woman in my life.

Is this your ex-wife?

No, I was never married to her.

I was married, but not to Clara.

Yeah. The other day, at the bank...

Yeah. We used to do this. Me and Clara.

Go out, have dinner...

talk stuff... eat.

She was... she was really great company.

She had a certain way

about her, you know.

She was perfect in a manner of speaking.

I mean, she was

this giant ball of fire...

giant spirit.

I was very small by comparison.

And she was always so interesting.

I mean, she always had

interesting things to say

and whatever you want to know

she... she was right there.

I mean, you wanted to know

somethin' about Vesalius.

Or let's say you wanted to know

something about Leeuwenhoek

or Isaac Newton or whatever.

Tina Turner.

She was an observer, a great observer

historian, life and people.

Time just flew when I was with her.

I mean, we were in a restaurant

in Florence, Italy.

Looking out, there were these

children playing in the street

and she's ordering off...

off the menu for me

and we're talking and we're talkin'

in Italian, broken Italian and...

then it's an hour, maybe two hours

gone by, it felt like seconds.

I turn around, everybody's gone.

Chairs on top of the tables

and there's just Clara sittin' there.

Thunder crashin'

and rain fallin' and she's...

kinda burnin' against that...

that tableau...

talkin' to me...

having dinner with me.

I'm sorry I'm not as interesting

as she seems to be to you.

Oh, nobody is.

I mean, not just you. It's just...

They broke the mold when they made her.

- It's just one of those things, you know.

- Sounds like quite a woman.

Oh, yeah. You...

you don't even know, I mean...

she has so much emotion,

she was emotional...

I mean, she tried to hide it, but...

I knew.

Can we talk about something else?

Yeah. What you got?

Hey, you know you got nice eyes.

For the record.

I kinda like your eyes.

You know when I eat macaroni salad...

I get bloated.

I mean, I eat beets...

I have instant diarrhea.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I thought this was gonna be

something different... you know.

How do you mean?

I like you.

You know, I couldn't sleep last night.

I was so excited for this date.

Just excited, you know, to see you.

And now, I feel like

you'd rather I just leave.

Oh, no. I'm... I'm not sayin' that.

You know, I thought you were

a nice man but I... you bring me here...

and I open up to you and you talk

about a woman you're still in love with.

- How is that supposed to make me feel?

- I don't know.

I'm not asking for the world. I'm not.

- I know.

- We've all had relationships in this life.

You don't wanna cry, Dawn.

And some things we feel and regret

deeply and hold on to.

But that's not what I came here for.

I know. There's people

sittin' here, you know.

I came here because...

I was hopin' you liked me

like I like you.

Oh, please. Please, don't.

There's people.

I'm gonna go.

No, no, you don't wanna go.

Don't... wait I'll just...

You have no idea how humiliated I am.

I'll take you home. Where you going?

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