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Lucetta does whatever

the f*** she wants. I told you, man.

She's just boisterous.

Jesus, what a week.

(phone ringing in adjacent room)

Hey hey, I want to see

what you think about something.

You ever-- you seen this?

I found it in the library.

"Zukangor, The Sound and Life God."

Yeah, you know it?

No.

They say the sound part come first.

They say the-- when you experience

a spiritual truth

that it comes to you as a sound,

that it goes through you,

changes your vibration,

gets you back into harmony.

Like God's tuning fork or something.

And then if you let that happen to you,

then-- then you get the light,

or you get illumination

or something.

I wouldn't know about that.

I'm an Episcopalian.

They say it starts with small things,

like little sounds, little vibrations,

like a--just like

a buzzing electric light

or rushing water

or the sound of a bee or...

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

And then it grows.

But there's no priest or nothing.

it's not like a religion.

There's just this one dude

named Arnold who's the Zukmaster.

They say you do this practice

all by yourself.

You can-- you can hear better.

You can hear God

speaking to you through sounds.

What's the practice?

- They chant "Hue."

- Hue?

- And then they listen.

- For what, a bee?

Maybe, I don't know.

(phone ringing in adjacent room)

( chuckles )

But you know, the thing is

they say you got to keep coming back

until you pay for all your sh*t.

That you've got to fix it

over a lot of lives, you know,

until you work it all out.

Well, what about this life?

What about answering for the things

that you've done in this life?

Sh*t, I know I have.

Have you?

Yeah. Have you?

Male pastor:
This is

the body of Christ, given for you.

The body of Christ, given for you.

The body of Christ, given for you.

- Jack:
I'll be right back.

- Pastor:
Sure.

Here, you drive home.

I'm going to talk to the pastor

a minute and then I'll walk.

Okay.

-( men chattering)

- Man:
Hey yo, foul, b*tch!

Damn, that's a hard foul!

Yo, that's a foul!

(clears throat)

( chanting )

Hue...

(basketball game fading out)

(basketball game grows louder)

Man:

Man, you should've dunked it!

(loud chattering)

Jack:
Okay, I've never

done this before, so--

well, I mean, I come to the...

Church every week and I really try.

And I don't know, I mean,

I guess I had hoped with time

it would be easier and easier and...

And I'd be...

My family, people close to me,

it seems to come to them easily,

but for me it's...

I mean I've...

I don't know.

I mean I've...

Sometimes

the thoughts that I have,

feelings...

But, uh, sometimes

I just think maybe

you should shoot me or something.

Well, I don't believe that

that's what God wants for you.

Well, what does he want?

I wish I had a simple answer for you.

I'm not sure what God wants for you.

Is there anything...

There's an old Biblical passage

that says...

"Be still and know that I am God."

Which is a way of saying

sometimes God does, um,

speak to us in mysterious ways.

(chattering)

(meditative humming)

Guard:
Off the rail!

I said off the rail!

( chanting )

Hue...

(phone rings)

Hello?

Lucetta:
Hi, this is Lucetta Creeson.

We talked last week.

Madylyn:
I'm sorry,

what is your name again?

Lucetta Creeson.

I was just wondering

if Jack was home.

I'm afraid he's still--

oh no, wait, hold on.

- Jack, telephone.

~ Who is it? Who? Who is it?

A friend of yours?

- Hello.

- Hey.

It's Lucetta Creeson.

Listen, I was just wondering, um,

when we could meet,

when we could get together.

Uh, Mrs. Creeson, I don't know

how you're calling my house,

but I told you to call the office.

Lucetta:
Well, look, I'm just,

I'm not that great at offices

and, you know,

I just-- I just can't be real, like,

in an office, you know?

- Look, Mrs. Creeson--

- Lucetta.

Mrs. Creeson, I have

business with your husband.

Well, that's why I'm calling.

I mean, what, did you think

I had another reason?

Jack:
Well, no, I didn't.

Maybe we could go to lunch,

you could bring Mrs. Mabry too.

You know, she's got a sweet voice.

What's her first name?

Look, I admire

that you love your husband

and you want to do

what's right for him,

but you're not helping him.

I'm telling you that right now.

(whispering seductively )

Listen to me, Jack.

I do love my husband.

I love my husband

so much.

(Lucetta moans)

And all I'm asking you

is for a chance

to help you see him

in a different light.

I mean, how many men

at that place you work at

have somebody

loving them like that, huh?

Doesn't that mean something to you,

a man in a position like yours?

It-it-- no, it-it does, it does.

Don't misunderstand me.

(seductive whispering continues)

I just want him home.

I want... I want him so bad.

I want his arms around me.

I want him in my bed.

I miss him.

Can't I persuade you?

Who's it gonna hurt, hmm?

Just let me come see you, please.

Let me come see you, Jack.

(breathing heavily)

I got him.

It's gonna happen, baby.

Huh. Honey, you okay?

I'm so f***in' tired.

Can't you sleep?

No, it's too loud all the time.

So noisy I can't...

I can't get out of my head.

I can't hear nothin'.

I can't listen.

This place is startin'

to mess with my head.

I'm tellin' you, I'm having

these weird~ass dreams.

Poor honey.

I thought I wanted

to kill myself, right?

Thought I wanted to hang myself

in the solitary.

I don't get it.

You dreamed that?

But then I got too scared to die

and I just hung there

for all of eternity.

I don't want to f***in' be here.

I don't want to f***in' be here.

Honey.

Honey, what'd you have

to eat that night?

It must've been something.

Was it spicy?

( basketball players chattering )

- Man #1:
Shoot it!

- Man #2:
All right, let's go.

Woman #1:
That's the grandson

I've been tellin' you about right there.

- Woman #2:
How cute.

- Woman #1:
His eyes are so...

I got a grandchild.

Do you really?

Yeah. Her name's Katie,

three years old.

- Cute.

- Oh, yeah. Yeah, very cute.

Does she look like you?

Hell no. No no no.

I bet she loves you though.

- Yeah well...

- You see her much?

They live upstate,

so we don't see her that much.

Aw, that's too bad.

She's getting a divorce,

my daughter.

- I'm sorry.

- What are you gonna do?

People are gonna do

what they're gonna do.

Are you in pain?

Yeah, it's just my back.

Oh. What'd you get that,

playing ball or like from some war?

No no, it's just life.

So I don't know if I can--

I don't want you to get your hopes up.

About what?

What I can do for you, for your husband.

- There's a whole system--

- Have you tried magnet therapy?

For your back, I mean. it's like

these magnets that you wear and stuff.

~ Magnets?

- Yeah, it's really good.

Actually, you should

come over sometime,

because I got these insoles

this guy sold me

and I wear 'em in my shoes

and I don't get tired

in school or anything.

And-- yeah, and sometimes

I even put 'em under my pillow

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