The Poker House Page #3

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become as little children,

ye shall not enter into

the kingdom of heaven. "

I saw him heal

a guy out of a wheelchair once.

Dad put his two hands on him and

said, "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus!"

real fast, over and over,

and the guy

got up and walked.

The guy walked, like,

five steps,

and he realized he was walking

and he fell on his face.

That's

when I realized this is bullshit.

Believe in me.

Get in there!

Come on!

Usually on Sunday,

if the Lord had blessed us with

an abundant collection plate...

F***ing whore. F***ing whore!

we'd go to a fancy restaurant and

have banana splits.

I'm gonna let it shine

Get over here! What...

Hey, get out of there! Come on!

Get over here! Get out of there!

Come on! Right now! Get out!

Don't worry, Agnes.

I don't want you.

So the police

finally came and got us out. Mom too.

Dad changed his shirt

'cause he got blood on it...

and joked with the cops as Mom and me

and Bee and Cammie drove to some motel.

Then we moved a thousand miles away

and I haven't heard from him since.

I did go to church again.

Wasn't even that long ago.

F***in' door was locked.

Swear to God,

you lock the door on me,

I lock the door on you.

Took me a while

to learn that.

Hey, Doc.

All right.

Now, this here

is the breakfast of champions.

What you the champion of?

Trifling?

Uh, yeah, that

and choppin' up cows.

Excuse me, Dolly,

but got any Chex?

Not yet, babe.

No snacks yet.

- You want some?

- No, thanks.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Phone!

Clyde, you're

the only one in here.

I guess I'm just a goddamn piece of sh*t!

Never know! Could be for me!

Yeah?

Well, what the f***...

Is he in trouble?

Yeah.

- With God.

- All right, I'm there.

Time for Chex Party Mix?

Mm-mmm.

I said I'm there,

goddamn it!

All right.

I said yeah.

So help me God.

What does it take?

Just get 'em in.

It's just three cows.

Just three cows!

Mother of God! Lord Jesus

f***in' Christ almighty!

Somebody shut the door!

White girl! Is you deaf?

See to the door!

Okay, Stymie. Geez!

"No time ago

or else a life,

"walking in the dark

I met Christ.

"Jesus.

"My heart flopped over and

lie still while he passed.

"As close

as I am to you,

"yes, closer,

made of nothing

except loneliness. "

Come on, light for me, baby.

Hey, Popeye!

How you doin' this fine day?

Sh*t!

Oh, fair to middlin'.

Let me light this one cancer

stick, and I will be golden.

How you doin', big girl?

I'm fine too.

Hey, Meatball.

Hey.

Fixin' to move.

Say what?

I was just sayin', 'cause you might

not be seeing me around much more...

and I didn't want you

to worry.

Wait, wait, wait.

You, your mama,

your sisters,

a pimp, the Poker House and the

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