Gummo

Xenia, Ohio.

Xenia, Ohio.

A few years ago...

a tornado hit this place.

It killed the people, left and right.

Dogs died.

Cats died.

Houses were split open,

and you could see necklaces hanging from branches of trees.

People's legs and neck bones were sticking out.

Oliver found a leg on his roof.

A lot of people's fathers died and were killed by the great tornado.

I saw a girl fly through the sky, and I looked up her skirt.

Her skull was smashed.

And some kids died.

My neighbor was killed in half.

He used to ride dirt bikes and three-wheelers.

They never found his head.

I always thought that was funny.

People died in Xenia.

Before Dad died, he had a bad case of the diabetes.

Spit it out.

You have a lump in your titty.

What?

You have a big old lump.

Tummler sees everything.

Some say he's downright evil.

He's got what it takes to be a legend.

He's got a marvelous persona.

- You got this one? - Yep.

Don't kill it, bitch. It's a house cat.

It's a lesbian cat.

You can tell.

Looks like my mom.

- Know what I'm doing tomorrow? - What?

Going to an insane asylum.

An insane asylum?

Gonna get me a raving beauty.

Foot Foot, where you been?

You smell like a dookie, girl.

You talk to him in school?

I don't know. Some hall.

And he smiled.

Don't be such a puss.

I try not to. I'm shy.

Foot Foot, you stinker bitch. Where'd you find her?

Under the porch, sleeping for three hours.

How'd she get out there?

You left the window cracked.

- No. - You did.

It was not me. You know it's always Darby's fault.

- She's looking a little impregnated. - No.

She is.

Let's flip her over and look at her bottom privates.

Let me look at you, Foot Foot.

Is it red?

It's not any red, no.

- Is it swollen? - No.

An impregnated cat is a bitch. This cat's pregnant.

Yeah.

- It's true. - No, she's not a bitch.

She is too. She's gotten herself in trouble like this.

- She still has nine nips. - Nine nips?

Nine lives too.

If she is pregnant, we'll have drown the kittens in the creek.

You see? Do it like this.

Get it over all the pink around it.

Do it on it real tight.

- That tight, it will get infected. - Don't tell me.

This is the right way.

If you just do little pats, it won't raise it.

The whole point is to make it fatter and pop it out bigger.

- Tight. - That's tight.

This gonna hurt?

It's not gonna hurt. We're gonna do it quick.

- Ready? - Pull it, Dot, pull it!

One, two, three.

They look bigger.

They look a little bigger. I think they look wider.

The width looks fatter.

They look redder, but I think they look much better.

A better nipple.

What do you wanna do?

Wanna keep looking?

Go up by Dean's place, back by the dumpsters?

Nah.

Then let's go get our money.

Let's get some milkshakes.

Milkshakes?

Strawberry milkshake.

If they don't have strawberry, I'll get pineapple.

Okay. Let's go get our money first.

Does your mom ever make you food?

She makes me toast.

Is that it?

She cooks me lamb chops.

- You ever eaten crepe suzette? - No.

This banker had gravy on his vest,

gravy on his tie, gravy on his pants,

gravy all over him.

So he went to his grave with gravy on his vest,

gravy on his tie, gravy on his pants,

gravy all over him.

That dirty old man.

These two kids I know, these two brothers,

they murdered their parents.

They both claim to be raised as Jehovah Witnesses.

They came to school in really nice shorts

and polished tennis sneakers,

and their shirts were always collared with buttons,

and their hair was always slicked back,

their teeth were always brushed,

and their shirts and pants were always ironed,

and their shoes never were scuffed up or anything like that.

They seemed to have a wonderful life.

I don't know what went wrong.

Why don't you give me them shoes?

Because they're new,

and I don't give you new shoes, you handyman.

Yeah, fuck that, man. That shit's... I'm keeping this shit right here.

- Right. - Yeah.

Pisshead.

- Fuck him up. - Get off me, man.

Ah! I told you not to hit me in the face.

- What's up? - Stop that.

Oh, damn!

Sick old fucker.

Right--

Let's go.

I'm gonna fuck you up.

Damn! Shit!

Hit a man while he's down.

Shit. All right, all right.

Oh, fucking--

Shit, man. Give me them shoes.

So, what's for dinner, man? You cooking tonight?

I was about four years old the first time,

and, um, I remember one time he came home from work real late

and I had been sleeping on the couch,

and he came in and he woke me up and he laid on top of me.

And he told me, he said, "Take off your panties."

And I asked him why.

He said that he was only playing and that he wasn't gonna hurt me

and, um, he was gonna make me feel good.

And I took off my panties, and then, um, he got on top of me,

and he was rubbing and touching and feeling and laughing.

And then, from then on, he'd wake up in the morning

and he'd come in my bedroom

or bring me into his bedroom, and he would kiss me and touch me and--

And make me play with him and--

And, you know, at first, I was real scared.

I didn't know if it was right, but he would tell me

that we were having fun and what we were doing wasn't wrong,

because he was my dad.

- You guys didn't get very many this time. - Yeah. It's a scarce count.