Ain't Them Bodies Saints Page #3

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Well, you know, the guards...

they come by your cell every night...

Sort of saying, "lights out" and

rattling bars with their sticks.

And this one guard... he used to

always joke and carry on with

us.

And one night I said, "well, I"

won't be seeing you much longer.

I figure I'll be out of here in

about 10 days. "

He said, "how you gonna do it?"

I said, "I'm gonna just walk

right out the door. "

And he said they'd stop me.

And I said, "no, sir. "

I've got better things to do. "

And he said, "well, that's not

how it works. "

And I said, "well, it only works

that way 'cause you think it has to.

See, I've got a higher calling.

I've got a wife and a little

girl who needs her daddy. "

And he asked me what I know

about higher callings... says

even if I do get out, I'm gonna

have to answer to God and the

devil for the things I done.

I tell him... Shoot.

I tell him...

I tell him, "sir... "

I used to be the devil.

Now I'm just a man. "

As the days tick by...

10, 9, 8...

and on the last day...

The bars open up,

and I walk right out.

News says you jumped

off a work truck.

Yeah.

Well...

Man, have you got anything to eat?

I'm still a little bit hungry.

Well, I'll find something.

Have you seen Ruth lately?

Nope. It's been a while.

She don't live with her

mama no more.

Got a new house. A new house?

Mm-hmm. Skerritt's been

looking after her.

He got her all set up.

Guess I should tell you got a

call the other day asking about you.

Oh, yeah? What'd you tell 'em?

I told them I hadn't seen

you, which I hadn't.

Didn't think I'd be

seeing you so soon.

That's the truth.

I guess that's about... that's

about what I owe you.

Where'd this come from?

All over. Whose is it?

It's mine.

Sounds like that wood's gone soft.

Yeah, I expect you're right.

More nails just won't hold it.

The whole gutter just comes off

the house every time it rains

like this.

You know, I go out there and

nail it back up.

Next thing you know, it's back

off.

Well, you can either do that

or get more buckets.

Yeah, I could do that.

That'd be easier in the

short-term, for sure.

Then I'd have to haul that water

out every time it rains.

I don't know.

Howdy! Howdy to you.

Yeah, all this rain we've

been having reminds me of that

one march, it was.

We'd get 101/2 inches in a day.

Man.

Oh, my middle tank out there has

gone dry, and the other two...

say, can you tell me just

what town we're in, exactly?

This is meridian.

Okay. See, we passed through

Glen rose, but we didn't see a

sign... didn't know if we'd gone

too far, not far enough.

Well, that depends on where

you're headed.

We're headed here.

You, uh, plan to hunt some

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