Oliver Sherman Page #2

cheer

foot steps

door creaking open

You okay?

I put ten bucks

in that jar there;

I figure those

words were...

worth at least that.

No,

that's too much.

It doesn't matter.

Thank you.

I'll show Jacob

in the morning.

It's strange...

seeing how you got

this whole life now;

It's like

nothing ever happened.

You're all civilized,

settled down now.

I've tried to anyway.

Is that what you want;

to settle down?

I don't know.

Maybe...

if I found a girl

that would have me

and civilian life,

everybody's so

smug and laced up,

visiting each other,

talking to each other,

little get-togethers.

You have to keep

telling yourself,

behave right,

if you don't some tired

ass son-of-a-b*tch

is going to...

son-of-a-gun -

sorry.

It's nice actually,

it's calm,

you'll see.

Sometimes it's like I'm...

leftovers...

put back together

with scotch tape

sent out in

the world again.

They say the universe

is infinite, right.

Well if it's infinite

why is there no

room in it for me?

There's room enough Sherman;

believe me there is.

Everything made more

sense back then.

I felt like I had someplace

I was supposed to be.

The rest of my life

if I could just feel

the way I felt

when I was squeezing

that trigger...

foot steps

door creaking

open and shut

The body of Christ.

Amen.

organ

The body of Christ.

Amen.

The body of Christ.

Amen.

The body of Christ.

The body of Christ.

The body of Christ.

The body of Christ.

Did you see the way they

were all looking at him?

Send your kids

over the Pages

and they'll send them

home saying cocksucker.

He apologized.

He's creepy.

Okay,

so he's a bit rough;

he doesn't know how to

behave in polite company,

but he's okay.

He's raw,

he drinks too much.

He just hasn't gotten

over things yet.

Why not?

You did.

He's just hanging around

feeling sorry for himself.

It was a head wound,

Irene.

That poor man has

no one on his side.

He's got know

one to love him.

Just chewed up

and spit out.

Have a nice life,

try to behave.

You know when he came to

our door my heart just sank.

It hurts to look

at the guy.

I think,

did I really help him

or curse him?

That's the kind

of man you are;

too modest to admit when

you've done a great thing.

What you did,

you know,

and injured or not,

it's up to him what

he does with that now.

He won't stay here long,

I promise.

Okay.

Daddy come push me.

We're working on the

car right now Jacob.

In a little bit,

okay?

Mind if I run into

the bathroom quick?

Sure,

go ahead.

toilet flush

Jacob,

what did Mommy say?

Wash your hands

when you pee.

water running

soft music

soft music

soft music

soft music

soft music

What are you doing?

soft music

soft music

soft music

Why don't I push

you on that swing?

swing creaking

swing creaking

I was wondering...

what I can do to repay

your hospitality?

Relax Sherman,

you're a guest.

We don't want anything.

I can't keep sponging

off your goodwill.

Stop it.

You hear any complaints?

No.

Did I ever show you this?

Same one I was issued

when we fought together.

You can't have

that out in here;

you'll get arrested.

Did you keep yours?

God,

no.

You're not even allowed.

Not all of us can have

medals for keepsakes.

Give me a break.

And did they ever teach you

how to use your bayonet

to catch a fox?

When you're stranded

in winter

and you need

to save bullets?

I don't think so.

So what you do is

you take a piece of jerky,

you put it on

the tip of the blade

then you bury it in the snow,

knife point up.

Fox, he smells that

from a long way away,

he comes running,

he starts to lick the meat,

and he licks it again

and it cuts his tongue.

But its winter and

he's half starved

so he keeps going

despite the pain.

He keeps tasting all this

wonderful flesh blood

not knowing it's his own.

That's how you

catch a fox;

he bleeds to death.

It's simple no bullets

and you can use

the knife again.

That's...

pretty horrible.

Oh no, no,

that's what we're like.

That's the ingenuity of man.

Well I don't remember

them teaching us

anything like that.

Well maybe I heard

it somewhere else;

I don't remember.

You want another drink.

No, I think I

gotta take a break.

And you...

can't afford to keep buying.

Disability comp.

Come on, you have

to have another.

I can't keep pace

with you Sherman.

Well that's one thing

I got on you then, isn't it?

Couple of more beers please.

I gotta sober up in here.

If I go in like this

Irene will shoot me.

$5,000 I'd shoot

my own mother.

laughs

What? No.

As god as my judge.

Oh man, that's

your problem see,

'cause god said

'thou shalt not kill'.

Not my god.

Shh...

You'd do that to

your own mother?

She's been dead for ages;

what's one more bullet?

laugh

Let's go get

some sleep.

Hey..

hey Irene?

There's no way.

dog panting

dog barking

dog barking

Did you read anything

good today, Sherman?

Same old.

Maybe you should

try something new;

branch out a little.

Why?

I don't know;

variety,

expanded world view.

Well I like what

I like, ma'am.

Never been to a big

university like you.

Nothing wrong

with that.

You talk to your

sister about watching

the kids tomorrow night?

Yeah,

I did.

What'd she say?

She said,

'fine'.

She saw Raymond Saddler

in town yesterday.

Did he see her?

I don't know.

Hm, that could have

gotten ugly real quick.

Who's Raymond Saddler?

He's always been something

of a town bully

around here,

Saddler.

He married Irene

& Joan's mom

a few years after

their dad passed away,

treated

her terribly.

Kept her from her

kids and grand kids

and then all of a sudden

she was sicker than

any of us had been told and

after she died

we learned that

she left everything

to Saddler -

all the money,

property.

He swindled her when

she was at her weakest.

Swindled all of us.

And you guys just let

him get away with it?

No, we fought it in

the courts for a while.

You know, it just

gets to the point

where you're spending so

much energy on the past

you don't have much

left for the present.

And you and Frank here

know all about that, right?

How easy it is to waste one's

time harping on things

that have already happened.

radio in background

radio in background

Thank you

very much. Thanks.

Cheers.

Cheers.

piano

Hi. Hey.

I have to go.

Why?

I told Sherman I'd pick

him up and have a nightcap.

You knew that.

This is the first

time we've been alone

in more than a week.

Listen to how

quiet it is.

He's waiting for

me down there.

Well I hope he's

a good kisser,

'cause if you get

in that car

those lips are

not touching mine.

Is that right?

- That's right.

You're a piece of work,

you know that?

I do.

Hey,

are you Sherman?

Yeah.

There's a call

for you.

Hello?

Sherman?

Yeah.

Hey,

it's me Franklin.

Hey,

you coming now?

Listen man,

I'm really sorry,

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