The King of Marvin Gardens Page #7

my little bunny rabbit.

And every night when you come home,

I'll tuck you in.

How about that? Huh? All right?

Tame, you go first.

[Kisses]

[Glass Breaking]

All right. No.

You've known Sally a long time,

haven't you?

My whole life, practically.

She's my stepmother.

Wait a minute.

It's my eye makeup.

Dearly beloved,

we are gathered here today...

to lay sweet Maybelline

in her final resting place in the sand.

That's my eyeliner...

eye shadow...

and eyelashes.

Do you know that eyelashes

are made out of real animal fur?

They are, really.

Honest, Jase.

Minks.

I've been walking around for 20 years

with little minks on my eyelids.

[Sniffles]

May I greet the morning...

as I am...

with my own naked face.

Yes?

Sally. Come on.

Let's go now.

Run some of that energy off.

Come on, sweetheart.

There's nothing left to throw into the fire.

Yeah. I just wanna sit here.

I don't wanna run.

Sally. Please come

run with me right now.

Come on. Come on.

Come on. I'll go slow. Come on.

[No Audible Dialogue]

[String Quartet]

I never went anywhere.

Never left my cabin.

Except to pick up some milk and cheese

at a little farm in the valley nearby.

Never saw anybody...

except old Ma Saboski...

who ran it by herself.

She had a Sunday supplement...

color photograph of Johnny Unitas...

Scotch-taped to her wall.

[Footsteps]

I told myself that I had all that I needed...

in the way of human companionship.

But then I couldn't make it

through the winter alone.

[Piano]

They're gonna be down here any second.

Well, we're in the middle of something,

aren't we?

[Piano, Louder]

Do you want me

to go someplace with you?

Look, David, there have been lots of men.

At first, Sally carried me...

and then I just tagged along...

until I got old enough.

And we went together.

Sort of a package deal.

That's a polite way of putting it.

When my father left, she didn't

have to take me with her, David.

That's what I mean when I talk about

being connected to somebody.

You mean, sleepwalking along

on someone else's life?

Jessica! Jessie.

Do you think that you're the only one

who's entitled to be selfish?

What are you doin' down there, darlin'?

Hatching corporate mergers?

Come on. Let's mule train out of here.

We're on the town tonight.

[Approaching Footsteps]

Ah, here they come.

Oh, and my, don't they look nice together?

Oh. Tsk. Aren't we chichi?

Aren't we "shiekery," Davey?

Sally and the beautiful people, yes?

Jess and Jase. Jase and Jess.

It's just too perfect.

Come on, darlin'.

Are you sure

you're gonna be all right alone?

Good night.

- [Jason] Whoop!

- [Man] Oh, boy.

[Jason Laughs]

[David On Tape Recorder]

As illusions begin to drift and fade...

like white snow -

[Siren Wailing In Distance]

Once, while pretending to be living alone...

in a cabin in the woods...

it began to snow...

for 11 days...

and 11 nights.

The end of the sixth day...

I began to feel...

that I was...

disappearing.

Sh*t.

Edit that out, Frank.

Edit that out too.

[Chuckles]

B*tch.

[David On Tape Recorder]

Have you... ever had the feeling...

that you were... uncertain...

that you were

where you sensed yourself to be...

that you were in a set...

that all of the...

things were...

props...

put there to stimulate you...

and that you were, in fact...

under observation in some...

white hospital?

God. Vomit.

[Sighs, Mutters]

Um -

Edit all that out, Frank.

The roads...

were impassable.

The blizzard...

had been falling...

for eight days.

- [Buzzing]

- The snow had built...

- over the windowsill -

- [Buzzing Stops]

enclosing the windows...

cutting off all the white light.

- Jesus. Start again.

- [Door Opens]

- Who are you?

- Let's go, Staebler.

Yeah. What do you want?

Who - Who told you to come in here?

Hey, who - who sent you?

- Hey, what is -

- Just hold it right there!

- Ju - Just stay right there.

- Nobody said nothin' about no gun.

- Yeah, no way, man.

- Who sent you?

- We're just pickup and deliverymen.

- Just don't move.

- We ain't goin' nowhere, right?

- No.

[Clattering]

[David On Tape Recorder]

Only when it was exhumed...

did it begin to decompose...

into a chicken f***ing sandwich.

- [Sighs]

- [Door Closes]

[Water Dripping]

Hey, wait a minute.

I want to ask you one or two questions.

Wait a minute, I said!

I got a piece of business

with Jason Capone upstairs.

He's out for the evening.

In that case,

we got all the time in the world.

I'm not gonna cause you any trouble.

You can rely on that.

I just want to find out a few things.

As long as you ain't

no dirty trouble-causer.

There are two types put me uptight -

a dirty double-crosser...

and a dirty trouble causer.

You know what a dirty double-crosser is?

That's a cat that sails

all the way to Paris, France...

and all the way back...

without taking a bath for the duration.

[Chuckling]

Now...

a dirty trouble causer...

he's somethin' else again.

He might be a cat

lookin' to arrange secret meetings...

with my superiors.

I'm in a hurry.

I hope you're cautious,

carryin' that little piece in your pocket.

Let's go.

You know, you remind me of a little sweet cat

I used to know up in Perth Amboy.

Carried a little derringer around like that.

One day it went off in his pants.

Changed his life.

I just want to forewarn you.

Some cats mistakenly presume that

if a white man walks in bearing firearms...

he's on a hostile mission.

Ooh. Oh.

Do you wanna stay cordial?

Don't ever point no weapon at me.

You understand?

- Okay.

- [Sighs]

Move.

You're not a whole lot smarter

than your brother.

[Grunting]

[Grunting]

[Jazz]

[People Chattering, Laughing]

[Continues]

[No Audible Dialogue]

[Applauding, Cheering]

[Continues]

I was only playing with you

that time in my office.

I'm Lewis.

Heard Jase talk about you many a-times.

Many a-times.

- You're the philosopher.

- Yeah.

An hour ago two hoodlums

tried to kidnap me.

Yeah, I heard that.

They were told to pick up

your big, bad brother.

Why are you after Jason?

After him?

[Loud Laughing]

You've got to be kidding. After him?

Is that how come you requested

a summit meetin'?

Oh, I neglected to mention,

he was packin' this when he requested.

- Oh, yeah? [Chuckling]

- Yeah.

- Come here.

- [Hammering On Glass]

- Hey, what do they call you?

- Teddy the Wonder Boy.

I wonder why in the hell

you don't stay out of my kitchen.

- Can't hear yourself think around here.

- [Audience Applauding]

You put Jason in jail.

Why not? I kept him out enough times.

Odd way to pay somebody back

for years of loyalty.

Pay back?

You come to tell me who owes who?

I had the impression that he opened up

some territories for you.

Places that you couldn't get into,

places in the South...

like Daytona, Atlanta, New Orleans.

- Places that brought you a lot of money.

- Okay.

So I don't forget a job well done.

But maybe you don't know about Hawaii.

No, I know about Hawaii.

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