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Hey, Billy.

It's Thursday.

Come back tomorrow.

No, it's actually

Friday, ya cheap prick.

Hey!

Junkie putz.

You gonna kill

me out here?

Hey!

Hey!

And that so lamely

and unfashionable,

that dogs bark at me

as I go by them.

Discounts on my

known deformities.

Milagros.

I give you heaven...

And I give you hell.

Hey, mister.

I had some car trouble

out in the desert.

I need to use

the telephone.

One American dollar.

Sure.

It's inside.

It's all inside.

It's all inside.

All your dreams come true inside this tent.

Hombres, juanitas

open your knees

and feel the breeze.

Hey, brother,

you have a phone around here?

Excuse me.

You girls seen

this chick with...?

Yeah, she's

over there.

Thank you.

What?

Hey.

What do you want?

Sorry, I didn't

mean to be staring.

Yeah you did. You paid

to stare. Show's over.

Are you deaf?

Are you real?

What do you think?

Well, I think no.

All right then.

Get lost.

Hey, hey. Sweetheart.

Please, I am lost.

Look, I scream and

five guys with tire irons...

come and beat you

into pudding.

Please don't do that.

My name's Nate.

Nate Poole.

I play trumpet

back in the city.

Look, I've been up all night long

walking through the desert.

All I want is a drink...

and just a place to sit down for a while.

I ain't gonna cause

you no trouble.

I just want a place to

sit down and think about...

what I'm gonna do.

What kind

of music?

Mm. Oh, what difference

does that make?

Hey. Really

nice music.

One drink.

I'm drinking gin.

A girl after

my own heart.

Goddamn, life

is good.

Hour ago,

I was a dead man.

Now I'm drinking warm gin with an angel.

So... mm... carny life, huh?

Yeah, Chiapas, Durango

yeah, the

full circuit.

You ever been

to the States?

No, I've never been

there before.

Well, goddamn,

your English is pretty good.

That's because of Sam. He, um,

he's from London, and so...

and because of the movies, they, um,

the small-town theaters

they hang sheets

on the walls

and they show old movies

on Saturdays at night.

Huh. How long you

been an angel?

I'm not an angel.

I'm a bird woman.

I don't know, I, um...

couldn't get fat enough or grow

a beard and I hate snakes, so...

just nothing else left.

Well, hey,

it suits you.

Thanks.

I'm tired of them, though.

What's that?

The wings?

Yeah, they're heavy.

They hurt my shoulders

and my back

and I'm just, I'm

tired of them.

Well, why don't you just take them off?

Why walk around in pain?

I'll give you

a hand.

It's not...

I can do it, it's...

I feel like you should leave now.

You know?

Okay, listen, uh

hey, thank you very

kindly for the drink.

Are you going back

to the States?

Yep.

Listen, uh...

if you'd like to get away

from all this, you know...

you're welcome to go

back with me.

No, I can't.

You take care.

Mm.

Women.

Uh-huh.

You got

a girl?

They're creatures,

I mean it, freaks.

I found her

in the garbage.

An infant,

wet and crying in the garbage.

And I plucked her away

from all that and I...

I gave her a home.

Hey there. Uh...

her wings...

they're real?

Hm.

You know, man, I've been around the

block but I ain't never been around...

a neighborhood

like this.

Thank you.

Are you trying

to steal my Lily?

Is that why

you're here?

It is, isn't it?

Well, so be it!

Hey, man,

I don't know what you're talking about.

I ain't trying to steal nobody, man,

I just...

listen, I don't

want your girl

I just wanna get the f*** outta this nut house.

Jesus.

Where's my Lily

gonna go?

What is there for a girl like that?

I'm her family.

I protect her

from the real world.

Listen, Sam...

may I call you Sam?

No, no, no, no,

no, no, no, no.

You know things now, sir.

What if word got out

the girl's for real.

Wings.

For real.

Listen, mister,

you ain't got nothing to worry about with me.

I just wanna

go on my way.

Hey, listen, lady,

I don't take kindly to snakes.

I'd appreciate it

if you'd just...

F***! Goddamn it!

What the f***?

For a few seconds

before you die

you'll see the future

with great clarity.

Hey, get in!

So after Happy kills you

can I get your

record collection?

Jesus Christ,

come on, Harriet

you think I'd make

this sh*t up?

No. Hey. You know,

some wandering Indians

shoot Happy's guy seconds

before he's gonna shoot you

you walk all night through the desert on foot...

get captured by

some carny freaks...

almost bit by a ten foot long rattlesnake...

and then a beautiful and mysterious girl

You're enjoying

this, huh?

Jesus, Nate. You f***ed his wife.

Everybody knows.

Nate... are

you there?

Are you... are you

listening to me?

Oh, Jesus Christ,

listen... hold...

Hey, listen.

You tell Happy...

set up a

meeting tomorrow.

A meeting?

At the Little

New Yorker. Lunchtime.

You want me to just call Happy Shannon.

Yeah, you call that prick

and you tell him...

Jesus Christ. You tell him,

bring a million dollars.

Nate?

Nate?

Hey, kid, can I borrow

that camera for a second?

You're a dead man.

Wow!

Goddamn!

Did you see? Did you see?

I flew, I did, I flew.

Man, I didn't

think you could.

I can't.

I'm too big.

I'm too heavy for these to carry me

but sometimes when the wind is,

is strong enough...

Wait, I gotta get a picture of this.

Okay, but if

I don't like these

you're gonna throw

them away, okay?

I swear to God.

Just stand right over there by the way.

You promise?

I swear!

Oh, just like that.

Oh.

I don't believe it.

So what happened to you

out in the desert?

Oh. Son of a b*tch

tried to kill me.

Over a woman?

What else?

Did you love her?

Absolutely not.

Hm. That's

kind of sad.

How about you?

Fast carny life.

Beautiful gal.

You must have your share of men.

How come you

ran away?

It was time

to leave the nest.

Time to leave the nest.

How about a bite

of that apple?

You steer?

You are a pretty

little thing. Hm?

Thank you.

Thank your

mother and father.

I got it.

Can I have my apple back?

Full bath.

Twin beds.

And I can get you pizza delivered till eleven p.m.

Oh, that would

be heavenly.

She's a knockout,

Nate. A knockout.

Listen. I

appreciate it.

Sure. You know,

even with the hump.

Know what

I mean?

You ever smell

the ocean?

Sure. Yeah, I used

to work at this joint.

A funky little place

right on the beach.

Have you ever

seen the ocean?

Never?

Uh-uh.

You ain't never

seen the ocean?

No.

Well, I'll tell you what,

I'm gonna take you to this place...

way up close you can see the

dolphins swimming all day long.

Would you like

to do that?

Yeah, I'd like

to see that.

It's really beautiful.

You okay?

Yeah.

It's the wind.

I'm sorry. I must

look awful.

Sweetheart, you could

never look really bad.

Hoo.

My back hurts.

You, um...

you think it'd be okay if I took my coat off?

'Cause that

would really help.

Sure. Come here.

Mm.

Holy sh*t.

I'm telling you,

I'm never gonna get used to this.

Wow.

Nobody asked

you to.

Hey, I didn't

mean it like that.

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