
The Yellow Birds
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- 2017
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[soft dramatic music]
[soft instrumental music]
[soft dramatic music]
[Bartle] The war tried
to kill us in the spring.
And the summer.
It tried to kill us every day.
It didn't explain itself.
It didn't tell us why
it brought us there
or what it wanted.
It just took.
[distinct radio chatter]
It killed some of us before
we knew we were dead.
Pretty soon it was hard
to tell who was alive
and who was just a ghost.
We lost Murph
somewhere in there.
Not really sure when.
Even before we lost
him, he was gone.
I wish the truth were different
than what I remembered.
I wish I could find an
order that made sense.
[upbeat music]
Conceal and carry, baby.
Conceal and carry.
It's gonna take courage
to win this war.
[Soldier] Definitely.
[upbeat music]
She's into you, Murph.
Nah.
- [Bartle] You like her?
- No.
Go dance with her.
I can't.
Whatever.
I'm not a good dancer.
So just dance.
Hi!
Hi! Where you going?
Hi, sorry.
He'll get to it.
He's shy.
Yeah.
You're embarrassing me.
You're embarrassing
yourself, dude.
Come on.
Come on!
[Soldier] Yeah, baby.
[Soldier] F***ing move!
Now move! Move!
- [Soldier] Incoming!
- Move!
F***ing move, go!
[gun firing]
[explosion]
[Soldier] Oh, sh*t!
All right, let's go!
[bombs exploding]
Guys, guys...
[bombs exploding]
That was pretty close, huh?
[Officer in cadence] Yellow
bird on a window sill.
[Group of soldiers] Yellow
bird on a window sill.
[Officer] Pretty little
beak and a pretty little tail.
[Group of soldiers]
Pretty little beak
[guns firing]
[Man] Check your racks.
There you go, Morgan!
Hey, man.
You from Virginia?
I'm from Richmond.
Well, just outside Richmond.
[shushing]
[guns firing]
My name's Murphy.
Yeah, I know.
Oh, yeah.
Somebody told me
you're from Virginia.
Really?
Then why'd you ask?
Privates.
Get your asses up here.
[guns firing]
Now, you boys seriously
need to unfuck yourselves.
You hear me?
None of you people get it.
Now, Murphy, show me something.
[Man] Firing mine, rapidly
quick.
[gun firing]
Your turn, Private.
Murphy.
How tall are you?
5'7".
5'7" what?
- Just 5'7".
- 5'7", Sergeant.
5'7", Sergeant, sir.
You fast?
Yes, Sergeant.
All right, little man.
When the time comes I need
somebody to run for me,
I'm gonna ask you.
Till then, I want you to get
in Bartle here's back pocket
and I want you to stay there.
Understand?
[gun firing]
[Murph] Yes, sir.
Get your sh*t, get
a rack near Bartle.
- You got that, Bartle?
- What, sir?
[Sterling] You got a new
girlfriend to keep you company.
[Officer in cadence] Then I
crushed his pretty yellow head.
- [Bartle] Is that your mom?
- Huh?
Oh, yeah.
You jumped right
in, didn't you?
[Murph] Into what?
This.
Oh, yeah.
Well, it's just
something I'm getting
under my belt, you know?
My dad was in the Marines
before he went to college.
I don't know if he, like
wanted me to join up
- or anything, but...
- Mm-hm.
I guess I just wanted
to do something good
before I do whatever
else it is I'm gonna do.
after this and study history.
[Bartle] History of what?
I don't know.
I just like history.
What about you?
Uhh, I almost
went to school.
But then...
I didn't.
I just wound up
f***ing around and...
And not really doing
much of anything.
So why'd you join up?
Thing to do. I don't
know if it felt like
a good thing, but...
It felt like a thing.
[soldiers chatting]
Is it too late to, I
don't know, take it back?
- Come home?
- Ma.
Ma, it's done.
It's done. Okay?
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