Birdland Page #2

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which led to her breaking

off her engagement

with Raymond Starling.

(woman breathing heavily)

Go ahead, shoot me.

(dramatic music)

(introspective music)

Now point it up just a little.

Good.

Now release the arrow.

Let it go.

Not bad for a first try.

Only with your help.

- I'm just gonna go

make a phone call,

why don't you go get the

arrows, I'll be right back.

(crossbow fires)

(Sheila gasps)

(introspective music)

(shutter clicks)

(shutter clicks)

[Sheila] Poor thing.

Ah, he looks so peaceful,

but he died so violently.

Mm hmm, mm hmm.

Yeah?

Yeah, it's good.

What?

Let's go.

What?

Nothing, it's...

(sighs)

Your pictures, it's like

you're photographic a

crime scene, you know?

(shutter clicks)

Oh, for real then?

Hey, come here.

This one's still breathing.

- (sighs) Birds don't

understand windows.

We should put it

out of its misery.

No!

No, we need to take him

to the wildlife center.

- [Calvin] What

was going on with

this whole dead bird thing?

- We were bird

rescue volunteers,

looking for stunned

or injured birds

that had collided

with buildings.

I tagged along, documenting

the deaths because

it was something we

could do together.

Hmm, sounds intimate.

(unsettled music)

- They say the spirit

of King Arthur is alive

in any old crow that flies back.

- [Calvin] You always get that

worked up over dead birds?

Thought that was

more of a Tom thing.

- I was brought up to believe

in the sanctity of life.

If you say so.

So what was going

on in your marriage

before all this

started to happen?

(Tom breathing heavily)

(Tom shushing)

What's wrong?

Wait.

What's that noise?

(introspective music)

(intense music)

(gasping and breathing heavily)

(intense music)

[Sheila] Tom?

Yeah.

[Sheila] Baby?

I'm in the kitchen.

Hey.

Hey hey hey hey hey.

You gotta see this.

Check it out.

Oh my God, you're bleeding.

No (shushing).

You gotta see this.

You're bleeding.

Wait wait wait.

Look at this, I

got it right here.

Look at me, look at me.

- Wait, wait.

- Look at me!

- Just hang on,

you gotta see this.

Okay.

See this riot cop

hits me with his baton.

- What the f*** are you

doing hitting a cop?

You should have been there.

We were protesting

Futron Energy.

The same a**holes

sponsoring your exhibit

produce the oil equivalent of

a quarter of a million tons

of carbon dioxide a day.

Baby, we've been living

with our heads in the sand.

You're blonde.

- At first she seemed to be

strictly interested in Starling.

Maybe the word

stalker is too strong?

But she had a pretty

unhealthy preoccupation

with my sister, Merle.

- I have no idea what

she wanted from me.

But to be honest,

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