Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding Page #5

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- Mom!

- Oh, honey.

- Have you seen Zoe and Jake?

- Oh, they're young.

They're fine.

There he is.

There's Jake.

We'll--we'll look around

for Zoe.

- No, I'm not leaving here

without her.

- Oh, honey, honey, honey.

Go home, run a salt bath,

light some candles.

Lavender has a calming effect.

- I don't want to be calm!

- Of course you do!

- Yeah?

- Uh, Jake's in his room,

and Zoe called and said

she'll be home

a little bit later.

- They hate me.

- It's difficult for kids to--

to accept that

their parents are human.

Prone to imperfections

like everyone else.

You were miraculous today,

by the way.

- You should see this place

in the fall.

- "The wild gander leads

his flock through the..."

both:
"Cool night.

Ya-honk!"

- I can't believe

you have Whitman memorized.

- Why is that?

- Well, you don't really seem

like the poetic type.

You're kind of a snob,

you know that?

No, not really.

But...

Oh, yeah, I guess so.

Sorry.

- Well, Whitman happens to be

my favorite.

- I love the part

when the child asks what a--

a blade of grass is.

- And he calls it the

beautiful uncut hair of graves.

- You're a surprising

human being, you know that?

- You're kind of

surprising yourself.

- Zoe.

What happened today was--

- Yeah, I don't want to talk

about it.

- I know--I just want you

to know that it wasn't--

- But that you're still married.

Yeah.

- Your dad asked me

for the divorce,

not the other way around.

- Can you blame him?

Hello.

Oh, my God!

I, um...

I am so sorry.

- Perhaps you haven't seen

a penis before after all.

Would you give us

just a minute?

- Zoe, this is Jazz.

Hi.

- Hey.

- There's a beer up at the house

if you want to grab one.

- Sounds good.

- Come here.

I want to show you something.

It's okay.

Relax.

I've been working on this

for months.

It keeps evading me.

See, I started off,

and I wanted to create a heart,

but I couldn't get

the two sides to balance.

So I cut the clay in half,

and I made that,

that teardrop.

But I couldn't figure out

what to do

with the other half

of the clay.

Then your mother showed up

with your brother and you,

and I realized

the other half of the heart

was supposed to be

the wing of a bird,

open for flight.

See, sometimes...

Sometimes in art,

like in life,

you have to accept the fact

that your--

things aren't going right,

and you don't quite know

where you're going,

and you have to accept that

because that's when

transformation can happen.

You know, I heard what you said

to your mother last night.

- Ooh.

Well, l--I was upset.

- Yeah.

You were also cruel,

but you will transform that

as well.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- Beautiful home.

- Thank you very much.

- Wow.

- My workshop.

- Do people actually sit

in those?

- They do.

You want to try it?

No.

- Oh, come on.

Where's your spirit

of adventure?

- I think

I exhausted it yesterday.

- Oh, here I was hoping

you were just getting started.

- I don't know

what I'm doing here.

I don't even know you.

- What do you want to know?

Ow.

Oh!

- Just a little bit.

Perfect.

- Okay.

- Don't look directly

into the lens, just...

Right.

- Look at you.

- Ready.

Look at me.

- At you?

- Look at me.

- Okay.

Good?

- When did you decide

to become a butcher?

- I worked on

my father's farm as a kid,

and he taught me the basics,

and Mr. Fleisher gave me the job

in high school,

and I came back to work for him

after college.

- Why did you come back?

- Well, my dad,

he lost his farm.

- Market's getting harder

for the family farm.

- It wasn't that.

He, uh--he was a good

businessman, yeah.

- Then what was it?

- Well, he refused

to plant GMOs.

Right, they're genetically

modified organisms or seeds,

and the farm next to him,

well, they did,

and basically, their seeds

blew over into his crop.

So next thing you know,

he's sinking thousands

of dollars into litigation

because these men--

these corporations,

they own the rights

to these seeds;,

they're taking him to court.

I mean, it makes no sense.

You wouldn't believe

the sh*t they pulled.

Anyway, now I just want to be

a part of a business

that saves farms like his.

- That's quite

a lengthy response.

It's gonna take some--

some editing.

Um, I'm gonna play something

for you,

and I'd like you to respond.

Why did you get so mad

at Cole the butcher?

- The answer's in the question.

- What does that mean?

- It means, he butchers animals

for a living.

So I have no patience

for people

who have no compassion for

anything outside of themselves.

- Do you have a response?

- You still feel that way?

All right, well,

I'm gonna get back to work.

- I'm sorry, okay?

- You had no right.

- I didn't think

he'd react that way.

I just thought that the conflict

would be interesting.

- You know what, Jake?

Conflict isn't interesting.

But you had no right

to use that for your video.

- Film.

- No, video.

Real filmmakers

don't need cheap stunts

to make good films.

- Zoe, I messed up, okay?

People mess up.

You mess up.

Remember that time

your Barbies tried my soldiers

for crimes against humanity,

and then you had them

all decapitated?

- This is different, Jake.

This involves real people.

- Hey, you thirsty?

- Yes.

- I don't understand

your relationship with her.

- Who?

Your mom?

- Yes, my mom.

- Well,

Grace is a little intense,

but her heart's

in the right place, you know?

You're not around.

Neither are the kids.

She's alone.

- Thank you.

- She's got no other family.

- Yeah, what about

her minions of lovers?

- Ah, I think they just

distract her from the fact

that she feels very much

like she's by herself.

- You think that's my fault?

- No, I don't.

I think it runs much deeper

than her relationship

with any one person.

- My mom gave me this.

It was my grandmother's.

Go. Good.

- Well, I never thought

I'd see the day

when you're doing farmwork.

- This isn't a farm.

It's your weird backyard.

Uh, oh, God.

That's disgusting.

- Why?

It's--it's chicken poop.

It makes the best fertilizer.

And...

Speaking of fertilization,

guess what tonight is.

Full moon!

- Oh, no, no.

- Zoe's really excited

about it.

- No, absolutely not, no.

- Oh, it is a sacred ritual.

- No, she has to take

Jake on his date with Tara.

She has to chaperone him.

Uh-uh.

- Diana, honey.

Don't be a cock-block, okay?

He creates enough obstacles

on his own.

- Mom, could you please not say

"cock-block"?

Luna, Luna, Luna, Luna-na-na.

Luna, Luna, Luna, Luna-na-na.

Luna, Luna, Luna, Luna.

Luna, Luna, Luna-na-na,

Luna-na-na.

Luna, Luna, Luna, Luna.

Luna, Luna, Luna-na-na,

Luna.

Luna, Luna, Luna, Luna.

Luna, Luna, Luna, Luna.

- You're missing all the fun.

- I know what I'm missing.

- Luminous beauty guides us.

You pull the tides and

sing lullabies to the fields.

Oh, incandescent orb

of loveliness!

You are woman!

- Look, I'm sorry

for what I said last night.

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