Dead End Justice

EXT. Nevada Desert 1980 

We open over a red convertible driving haphazardly over treacherous and bumpy terrain at high speed. A deep blue 

showgirls headress blows in the wind. The crystals in the feathers glint in the early morning sunlight. We come slightly 

closer to the convertible and begin to hear loud music coming from the stereo. The vehicle is engulfed in dust trailing 

behind it. It peels out abruptly and deliberately. 

INT. Red Convertible 

The man driving the car is wearing mirror sunglasses, you cannot see his eyes. The dust around the car settles. He 

slowly reaches for the the radio dial. the leather of the car seat shifting is all that we hear aside from the soft but urgent 

whimpering of the showgirl. He slowly begins to turn the large silver knob, dialing into a station playing an ominous piece

of classical music. He pulls a gold case from the right breast pocket of his blazer. He opens the case and selects a 

cigarette. He lights it. He breathes in heavy and then exhales. As he begins to speak the velvet smoke muffles his voice. 

Man 1: 

“Sorry about this Mandy.” 

He says sarcastically. Mandy begins crying and shrieking uncontrollably. He revs the engine and puts the car in drive

with great force and anger. Before pressing down on the gas he turns the music up. We pan up from Mandy’s midriff. 

Her skin is stark white and perfect. Her stomach heaves up and down as she breathes heavily. Her breasts bounce as the

vehicle hits rocks and uneven terrain. We stay there for a few long moments. Just her breasts bouncing and the ominous 

classical music and the sound of the engine. We pan back to the driver, the wind blows his hair as he takes a long draw 

from the cigarette. We look at Mandy, her face is beautiful. Her eyes large and doe like only look more sad against the deep 

royal blue of her eyeshadow. The man looks at her for a few moments, presses down the gas and then reaches out 

and extinguishes his cigarette between her breasts. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I272bQdrTuA&t=2592s

They are all Gone into the World of Light, Henry Vaughnn 1655

They are all gone into the world of light!

And I alone sit ling’ring here;

Their very memory is fair and bright,

And my sad thoughts doth clear.

It glows and glitters in my cloudy breast,

Like stars upon some gloomy grove,

Or those faint beams in which this hill is drest,

After the sun’s remove.

I see them walking in an air of glory,

Whose light doth trample on my days:

My days, which are at best but dull and hoary,

Mere glimmering and decays.

O holy Hope! and high Humility,

High as the heavens above!

These are your walks, and you have show’d them me

To kindle my cold love.

Dear, beauteous Death! the jewel of the just,

Shining nowhere, but in the dark;

What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust

Could man outlook that mark!

He that hath found some fledg’d bird’s nest, may know

At first sight, if the bird be flown;

But what fair well or grove he sings in now,

That is to him unknown.

And yet as angels in some brighter dreams

Call to the soul, when man doth sleep:

So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted themes

And into glory peep.

If a star were confin’d into a tomb,

Her captive flames must needs burn there;

But when the hand that lock’d her up, gives room,

She’ll shine through all the sphere.

O Father of eternal life, and all

Created glories under thee!

Resume thy spirit from this world of thrall

Into true liberty.

Either disperse these mists, which blot and fill

My perspective still as they pass,

Or else remove me hence unto that hill,

Where I shall need no glass.

OM BENZA WIKI BITANA SOHA

My Shower Dream

the world makes art of time
in the old houses.

air pulls at bits of wallpaper and paint
and cushions them with years. 

prying them apart
like the petals of a young flower
in bloom - 

dandelion spores float through open windows-
the light touches their pieces as they spin-

white like an angels eyelashes 
when sunrise hits
on the shore of a still blue lake
at dawn

a sheet of glass hovering over lough gur-

the chapel bell strikes
water glasses on bedside tables in cabins shiver 
 
she runs through the tall grass,
a cashmere breeze lapping at reeds 
all khakis and purple flowers-
down the small hill

the window in the dark
in the rain.

the field in the fog
in the rain.

be careful out there
don't go out alone-

I want to pound at his chest with my fists
as hard as I can
but they bounce back with a terrible metal pop
like the air in a jar getting sucked out when you open the lid-
It makes me feel ill.

Marcie's perfect eyes
sparkling like the ice of an electric blue popsicle
on the dock -

legs so smooth
skin like frosting
baking in the sun

sprinkle hot sand on her back
softly blow it away-

all of their nightgowns are still out to dry-
pale muted colors-
sifting through slow gusts of wind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4AtbKVoRa0

"At night, when the sky is full of stars and the sea is still you get the wonderful sensation that you are floating in space." - Natalie Wood