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I
am unfaithful to you...
EXT. WOODS NEAR ORT'S SWIMMING
HOLE -- DAY
Henry Warburton stalks around,
talking, shouting, naked, agitated, alone…
I hide and you see. I run
and you follow.
To the ends of this earth,
to the limits of the pit of myself, you will see me and know me.
Your love is terrible, it's
gentleness a blow, its patience a judgement. Its silence thunders all about.
Help me, Giver of All, I
am unfaithful to men and to you, and even myself. Make my great weakness
your strength. O God, my Father and Mother, help me love them, make me
love them. I...I...carry...carry...you live like a coal in my chest...my...my...
[Puffing like he is going
to cry or be sick. His face shakes, his legs shiver. He holds his head
with his hands]
My God...save...take...wh...wh...whaa...ghhh...nghhh
[He falls down and gurgles.
His back goes like a bridge trying to come up through his belly. His hands
dig in the dirt. All his muscles come up like polished bits of wood, popping
out his skin. He's hard all over like a piece of wood and sap comes out
his mouth like he's turned into a tree]
Nngth...nngth...ogh... |
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