Rich Hill Page #5

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We have food in our stomach.

But we don't have a roof

over our head.

It ain't ours.

It ain't ours to do

what we want with it.

Out in the Big Bend

Doing it all to ghost town

baritone campfire songs

Wild like a roadrunner

I belong

To the far out post

to carry on

There just isn't no work.

Dates changed, plans changed

and everything changes.

And it all could have

probably been fixed

with $1500 which makes it sad.

And just can't make that,

I mean,

you can't make that

in a week or two or a month,

and down there

it really slowed down.

He does not like to hold

a steady job,

he does not like to hold

a steady career.

And that's another reason

why he isn't a top dog,

you know?

He wants to start to

try to do new things.

Like, first he was into

inventing stuff

and singing and then

went back to inventing

and now he's wanting to

go dig for gold or silver

or something like that,

prospecting.

I mean, that's my dad's thing,

it's his life,

he has to live it, you know?

He only has one life to live.

Only thing anybody wants

is money.

A lot of people are like that.

And me, I don't care.

I mean, I'm tired of money,

I'm gonna go get gold.

Diamonds.

Whether it's Alaska or Australia

or go to England.

That's the solution.

Can't find a job,

go get some gold.

Platinum, silver, whatever.

Oh, f***.

Don't f*** with me.

Kind of gun you got, b*tch?

He's jamming our radar.

I got in a fight at school.

A kid kicked me in the nuts,

so I punched him in his face.

And then I went to court

'cause they kicked me out

for 45 days and I can't

go to school.

Assault is the charge

they're using against me.

So we contacted them

and they wouldn't

forgo the suspension

so I have to go

to Cass County Detention Center

to finish out school.

Yeah, he killed me.

F***, yeah.

All he has to do

is go to school,

keep his hands to himself,

keep his mouth to himself,

do his schoolwork

and he could succeed

and go on to the middle school.

And the day after we had

this conversation with him,

again, is the day that he

assaulted another student.

That f***ing sucks.

I know how it's gonna happen

already.

We'll go before the judge,

the judge'll lift

the suspended sentence,

and he'll go to detention

until he goes to DYS.

It's kinda like a prison

type procedure.

I think it'll be

the best thing for him.

It's a structured environment.

His attitude will

definitely change

within the first two weeks,

and they'll keep him till

he's ready for society again.

I do think it'll be

the best thing for him,

but it still breaks my heart

that he has to go.

That's my baby.

But I've done everything

I can for him.

I feel bad because

I'm gonna be relieved,

but I don't know.

He's just,

he's hard to deal with.

I love him with all of my heart,

but I need a break.

Guess they cut, they took down

the clothesline pole

I put up last year.

Maybe one of the boys'

friends will come by

and have a crowbar so I

could take the tire off,

take the wheel and the spindle

and all that off.

Everything seems to be

all right for today, though,

except that wheel.

Just waiting on the tools.

Andrew wants to get a Charger,

that's what he wants

for his birthday.

By the time he gets

of age to drive

no telling what I will have.

Four wheel drives or

probably some dune buggies.

Maybe even a four wheeler.

Good, maybe she has

a four way in her trunk.

Hey, Andrew, ask her if

she's got a four way

in the trunk.

What?

Something to take the wheel off.

Mine's in Dina's van.

If she got time.

I forgot it was in there.

No.

Well, I'll just have to

do it later.

Come here.

I don't think I like him

running with this new crowd

that he's starting

to hang around with.

He's getting distant.

Getting distant.

Kids are hard headed.

My dad,

he has goals that he

wants to achieve in life

and I'm kinda

right there with him,

wanting to help him, you know?

All he really wants

is someone to be proud.

And I don't think

that he understands

that I'm proud of him

whether or not

he does anything, you know?

Just get on it.

I know that my dad's gonna

end up finding a decent place.

I mean, we might end up

moving a couple more times,

but I'm gonna be

settling down somewhere.

I don't know where yet,

but, I will.

I don't know.

You can't ever plan the future.

I've always thought

that I could,

but it don't work like that.

Keep practicing.

Dear Mom.

I've been out of school a month.

I broke my neck.

Just kidding.

The principal said that

I ain't getting

any credits for this semester

so they unenrolled me.

No, I don't have

a girlfriend yet.

Big capital letters.

Love ya, from Harley.

Um, what did I do

with those stamps?

Oh, God, please tell me...

Can I put it upside down

and would it matter?

Does it?

I'm gonna put it upside down

'cause that's what she did

to this one.

I'm gonna put it upside down

'cause that's what she did

to this one.

What I do with that other stamp?

Did anybody see me,

what I did with it?

I took one off...

There it is, okay.

Got it, just in case.

This one goes back in here.

Thirty-one, two.

Thirty-one hundred now,

make it thirty-two.

Thirty-one, two,

thirty-two,

thirty-one, are you done?

We did it last year

and we did it again!

How about that?

It's only money.

Arm wrestle, punk, arm wrestle.

Oh, no, it's not.

Don't think so, buddy.

I don't think so!

Fire!

USA, USA, USA,

USA, USA, USA...

Do you think about

how it will be for your mom

when she gets out?

She'll have a job,

she'll have a job.

Hopefully.

Why are you so confident?

'Cause it's my mom,

I gotta have some confidence.

What, you're not

laughing no more?

I gotta tell some jokes

for you to laugh,

looking at me through the lens

like it's some special

lens or something.

It's just a special face

behind the lens.

Yeah, see, there you go, laugh.

Boom!

Yeah, I'm a smart kid.

I might not be book smart,

but I got a lot

of street knowledge.

Maybe not a lot, a lot,

but I got some.

Oh, this is my bus.

Bye.

Love you.

I'll see you tonight.

I'll see you all later.

Are you gonna be at school?

Maybe.

You're gonna go back

to sleep first.

No man is an island

Oh, this I know

But can't ya see

Maybe you were the ocean

When I was just a stone

Black flies

on the windowsill

That we are, that we are,

that we are to know

Comfort came against my will

Every story must grow old

Still I'll be a traveler

A gypsy's reins to face

But the road is wearier

With that fool

found in your place

No man is an island

This I know

But can't you see

Maybe you were the ocean

When I was just a stone

No man is an island

This I know

But can't you see

Maybe you were the ocean

When I was just a stone

So here we are

And I don't wanna

beg your pardon

And I don't wanna

ask you why

But if I was

to go my own way

Would I have to pass you by

And I don't wanna

beg your pardon

And I don't wanna

ask you why

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