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Brooklyn, blessings from above God.
Peace in all nations as one god and one love.
Please, I don't ask much,
but I just want you to smile for me and my cats.
Please, I love you, Brooklyn.
Miguel!
Miguel!
Fuck.
When was the last time you saw your Mom?
I was 16 and we were at home
and then they came and they told her she had to leave,
because she missed an appointment at the center,
she missed her appointment.
Sometimes I think maybe I should've gone with her,
I don't know.
There are four of you, you all have cigarettes
and none of you have one cigarette?
- No. - I just have one cigarette.
Okay, seriously, just pay it forward, bitch,
- just one. - Oh, my God.
- Hey! - What?
Hold on.
Hold on.
I'm a fucking catch.
I'm sorry, I just wanted to say, you know, fuck that guy,
alright, you've got your whole life ahead of you,
you've got a whole line of options swiping in front of you
and you just have to learn to let go,
it's like just love again, you know, you're worth it.
Damn.
Don't worry, okay, I'm not even here to fuck,
I just do you have another cigarette, please?
Give me one and then I'll disappear from your life forever,
alright?
- Bummed, man. - I don't have any.
- Please, anyone? - I'll give you one.
Thank you very much.
Will you do the honors?
You know,
karma's really gonna love you for that.
I bet she will.
Thank you so much, that's nice.
Hey, hey, what's your name?
Hey, what's your name?
Larry, nice to meet ya.
Oh, so that's it, come on?
I'm not, like I'm not, but I'm definitely not.
- Are you sure? - Yeah.
It's so simple.
When I was a kid, it was like Chuck E. Cheese.
Chuck E. Cheese, oh, my God!
Why is the pizza there like so good?
And the roller rink, we had,
you ever go to the roller rink
and the pizza at the roller rink,
even though it was the one in the rectangles,
like that's fucked up, but I love that pizza.
I actually really love the rectangle piece,
because you can really kind of gauge how much you wanna eat.
I mean, like I'll finish a slice.
You're so OCD.
I'm just saying, you can really like take charge
of how much you wanna eat.
- I don't like to waste food. - Neither do I.
Oh, fuck, you got all the cheese.
You want some?
No, no, we're not gonna "Lady and the Tramp" it.
It's a good move.
Watch this.
Yeah, I love the crumbs like on the back of your tongue.
But this monk, like shaved head, robe, all of that
sitting on the tree next to me
and he just starts humming loud as fuck.
No good?
Do you play?
Sometimes.
Mostly when I'm alone.
I'm alone a lot,
maybe too much.
Stop.
Do you wanna hear a song?
Wow!
Oh.
Ah.
I know this is gonna make me sound like a crazy bitch,
but is it okay if I just,
if I take a shower real quick?
I mean, maybe you could take it with me?
Like now?
Yeah, right fucking now.
There's just one little thing.
Can you go get it started for me?
Okay, so it purifies my karma of all past actions,
isn't that amazing?
- 100,000? - Yeah.
Yeah, that seems like a lot.
Can you grab some towels?
Yeah, where they at?
They're right outside the door.
Okay, I'll be there in a ticket.
Hey, are you coming or what?
No!
He was kinda cute.
He's not my type, but he was kinda cute.
Did he think I was gonna fuck him after that?
No, I got his jacket, that's so fucked up.
My guy.
Motherfuckers, uh-uh!
Yeah, squeak, squeak, eat up, motherfuckers.
Oh, what can I do you for?
I think I'm supposed to ask you that.
Ah, let's see what we got here, girl groups, rock stuff.
- Moondog, nice! - Moondog.
You know he was blind?
They called him the Viking of 6th Avenue,
'cause he had these crazy costumes, big cape, Viking helmet
and he was performing on the street like a serious composer,
but playing on the street
with homemade instruments and things.
- You ever see him? - Anybody could see him,
hear his music, if you were walking on 6th Avenue,
50-something Street.
Was he like a crazy person
or did people take him seriously?
Ah, pretty close together, right?
Yeah.
But nobody loves a genius child,
you know, kill them all!
Let their souls run wild.
- Right. - Yeah,
that's Langston Hughes.
Oh, Langston Hughes, absolutely.
He's so good, yeah, yeah, he's prolific too.
- Absolutely. - Yeah.
I could do $2 on these.
What?
Yeah, I mean, it's conducing, you know,
- what we have in the shop. - I mean,
maybe a couple of are worth $2,
but like this is still in its plastic.
Be yourself, bitch!
Get your pussy game up, honey.
Yeah, you need to get your pussy game up, honey.
Get a job, okay, get a fucking job.
Own a business, bitch.
Suck dick.
Look, I do this all day, good luck.
I'm just worried about you,
'cause karma's gonna get you for this.
Look, I'm just trying to run it fair.
How about, I'll do $4 apiece on these
and I could do 10 on the Moondog.
RECORD STORE Or $50 credit.
Nah, if it ain't dollars, it don't make sense.
- Let's do cash. - Yeah?
- Pay me, yeah. - Alright.
Okay, who the fuck she think she is?
Be yourself, bitch.
Dropping in here like that?
Trying get cozy, like no.
Who you talking to?
There ain't nothing cozy up in here.
We ain't even friends.
Suck dick.
Pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow!
Uh, uh, no!
Yes.
Mess with the best, die like the rest.
From the unforeseen darkness,
a sign.
I claim thee, I name thee as my own.
Be my guide,
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