Stone Page #5

before I go to sleep.

And what does that do?

Well, okay,

you know how we're

all toxic and stuff, right,

with like all the microwaves

and cell phones

and all that weird stuff

flying through the air.

So it all builds up

inside of you, right,

and it makes you

all achy and upset--

and it can give you

brain tumors, really--

I mean, it kills people.

So these magnets,

they detox you.

- Wow, that's...

- Yeah, it's real. I believe it.

You don't believe it?

I don't know, I guess.

No, it's real.

I mean, look,

I'm all into the body, you know,

and for me

if the body's feeling good,

the mind just follows, you know?

Absolutely.

Ego?

My kids made 'em.

Now I got 'em all and I have to eat 'em.

They're nice. They're pretty.

Eat me please.

Jack:
Why not?

I'm just eating the healthy part.

Go on, just eat the whole thing.

- ( door closes)

-( inmates chattering)

Creeson, what's up?

You haven't been to chow in two days.

You got a call out to go to Medical.

Get dressed.

(lights buzzing)

Hold up there.

(door buzzes)

(keys jingling)

( whispering )

You feel anything?

No.

Like a tingling?

No, I don't.

I don't think I...

Like a pull?

It's not dramatic, you know.

It's just-- it's kind of a sense.

Yeah well, you know,

maybe a little something.

Yeah.

(clock ticking)

(ticking continues)

(ticking )

(lights buzzing)

( grunting )

(screams)

(echoing scream )

(buzzing lights fading out)

Madylyn:
"To what extent is

my commitment to obey God

based on dos and don'ts

or on a true love for Him?"

Hmm.

"In what recent circumstance

was I aware of God's leading?"

Why don't you say the blessing?

Yeah.

Blessed O Lord...

(clears throat)

blessed 0 Lord,

this food to our use,

and us to Thy loving service,

and...

Make us mindful

of the needs of others...

- In Christ's name, Amen.

- Amen.

You lose your place?

( chuckles)

(spoon clangs)

You want an egg?

(chattering)

( chattering fades)

Male radio host:
Sin comes

naturally to us from our birth.

We-we-- it's inbred in us.

We are not sinners

because we sin;

we sin because we are sinners.

Even if you lived a life

of perfect righteousness,

you deserve hell.

You know why?

Because "all of our

righteousnesses," Isaiah says,

"are as filthy rags."

(turns off car, radio )

( panting )

You're real sweet, Jack.

You're real sweet.

F*** me harder.

(man laughing)

You're good, Jack.

You're a good man

for helping us,

I appreciate it.

You know that

nobody can know about this.

You know that, right?

I mean nobody.

That's very important.

Whatever you want,

it'll all go bad if anybody knows.

Bad for everybody,

you understand that?

Of course, silly.

What's wrong?

You're not eating?

You ever think about things

they say go on forever?

What?

Things they say

go on forever-- like...

What's that mean, you know?

The sky, like, they say

the sky goes on forever.

But what is that really? That's--

I mean, you can't see

nothing you can't see, so...

It's like a big bowl

of blue above you.

You can see clouds

during the day

or you can see stars

at night maybe,

but even with a telescope

you can't see forever.

So how do they know?

Know what?

What it is.

Eternity-- how do they know?

So-- so, Jack,

he said the board's gonna review

the whole thing, okay?

And they're going

to take into consideration

your age and, you know,

your mom and all that,

and the fact that

you were an addict back then, um...

- hey, Stoney baby?

- Hmm?

Look at me.

Well, I was trying to tell you

about your parole.

Yeah?

(sighs)

Well, you weren't listening.

Oh yeah, I'm listening.

Lam.

Okay, so Jack said, um--

You call him Jack?

Sure.

That's good.

What's he say?

Okay, so, um,

he's gonna talk to you

and he's going over

the whole thing

and he's gonna decide in a few days

to write up his notes in your case file

to submit it to the parole commission

so when they go over it next week

they're gonna see it.

isn't that great, baby?

Honey, this could be it.

isn't that great?

Yeah.

Didn't-didn't-didn't I do good?

Well, look at me.

(Stone groans)

What are you doing?

Sometimes I think the best thing is...

Is just-just listen.

Would you stop playin'?

Radio:
Is the kingdom of heav you

think it should be a peaceful kingdom

- and we should all get along?

- That's great, but is it just going

-to be a constant struggle...

- That's a tough one.

...to have the kingdom of heaven

here on earth?

(overlapping radio broadcasts)

Guard:
Crack 53!

Just tell me,

is it the 30th or the 31st?

I've had about enough lip from you!

God damn it, just tell me,

which one is it?

You can button that up right now

and be nice. And I mean it.

Creeson's here.

Stone:
How do ask a person to...

To explain something that--

that they experienced

to where another person's got no way

to relate to the whole

indefiniteness of it, you know?

You don't believe me

already, do you?

I'm not saying I don't believe you.

I just, you know, I--

look, I've seen the tape,

it's quite a thing.

But nothing happened to you.

I mean, you weren't involved in any way.

Yeah, look, I don't know how to even--

-( phones ringing in distance)

- I'm not--

I don't know. I--

You had, what, a profound

spiritual epiphany.

Sh*t, man, I ain't never even

heard that word before.

Look, we don't have to talk about it.

You know, it really don't matter.

Well...

I mean, don't get me wrong, I'd

like to believe in such things, but--

Like what? Like me?

You believe in me?

Sure, I'd like to believe in you too.

I mean that's why we're all here, right?

Wow.

Okay, you know, wait, look,

there were something like...

It was just a moment.

The static,

it just all went away, you know?

And I could really hear,

like I could hear clear, for real.

I don't know. It just made me

see everything different.

It made me look

at my life in a different way.

It was just all of a sudden

I could- I could see that

my life in here isn't empty and

pointless like I thought it was before.

Woman:
Family and...

~ Look, Stone, just drop it.

- Drop what?

Well, I know what

you're trying to do, but don't.

Just-just-just don't.

it's not helping. Just stop.

Hey look, man,

it don't matter to me no more.

- What doesn't matter?

- I don't care about what--

what you're doin' or what anybody else

is tryin' to make you do.

Make me do? What's that?

Nobody's trying to make me do anything.

Okay.

You should do what

you think is right, okay?

I am whatever you say I am in there,

so write what you feel.

Seriously. I mean it.

I mean, judge me how you think.

- Well...

-I mean, don't get me wrong,

I want to be out,

but I'm gonna wrestle

with the same sh*t if I'm out.

And I'm gonna keep

this feeling if I'm in.

Jack:

So you're all good now?

Stone:
No no no. Look, I ain't sayin'

I'm all happy all of a sudden.

You know, my middle finger's

been up a long time, man.

I'm not just gonna start wavin'

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