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My dad taught me to count in time with the elements.

Each second between the skies fell.

And the thunder equaled one mile between you and the rat.

I used to think why I knew who I was.

But now I know it's what I remember.

Feelings. Fear.

Love.

Something I've never conquered.

And sometimes the things you see the clearest are already dead.

Brimstone. House is razed.

Boom.

There you were.

Just on the right side of the flames.

You talk to no one about the case without me, not Anzler or anyone else.

Nobody. Anyone with whom you talk could be subpoenaed or worse, a snitch.

You OD'd.

And your heart stopped for eight seconds in an ambulance.

I thought you said there was a fire.

That's very good.

You're right.

You OD'd and there was a fire.

You pleaded no contest?

I know the judge and the bondsman, so you get bail.

Already been in court?

No, I was, remember?

You spent your arraignment in a wheelchair drooling. You've already met.

You're really good.

I told you this before, but obviously you're having trouble remembering.

I am Detective Anslinger, and I have spent 12 hours waiting for you to square

me. The name's Murrell.

Tell me you remember.

Don't talk to anyone about the case without you.

You all right?

Nobody can wait, can you?

Well, it is a lot more than arson, according to them.

Arson? Fuck, Eric.

These charges?

Manufacture and distribution of a Schedule I drug.

They think that you're the creator.

It is a pleasure getting to know you.

You an urban legend.

You remember what a firefly is, don't you?

Desiree.

Who's Desiree?

That's all you've been talking about today, yesterday, the day before.

God damn it, Desiree, where are you? Should I be talking to her? I don't know

where she is.

Go find her. Three days.

Three days before the hazmat team and friends will be through that house.

Three days you got to remember.

Three days to remember, Eric.

Or you're going to jail.

I'm not worried about myself.

I'm worried about her.

That's a nice face.

Somebody must love you.

I don't know where she is.

It's a big city with a lot of lost girls.

I remember the feeling.

Only Desiree I have heard of.

Beautiful girl, they say.

What's wrong with your hand?

What's wrong with your hand?

Why?

Can you read poems?

Are you okay?

I'm here for Desiree.

Oh, beautiful, baby.

That's beautiful.

Thank you.

You got a Jackson for me, baby?

What is this?

Whatever you want.

Whatever you like.

Remember, you're not so new here.

Pills.

It's Eric!

I'm looking for Desiree.

You know a bar called Ford's in the Bywater?

Heard you were a regular there.

Odd place for a guy like you.

So I guess you're Lou.

Have I been in here before?

If you don't know, then it's time to quit.

What can I get you?

I'm looking for a girl.

Ain't we all, honey?

I'll have the usual, then.

Jack and Coke.

Good beginner's drink.

What was that?

Got a pose?

Call off your tail end, slinger, and quit bugging my room like a big time.

Well, you have looked better, Eric.

Have we met?

Oh, now that's a tired line, ain't it?

Did that help?

Now, this is what we call a Danziger Bridge speeding ticket.

Close,

but no cigar.

Now, see, you do remember this beautiful city.

Well, I'm a live blonde, and this here's my son, toe tag, little Lee Harvey.

Now, you might remember he can cut, gut, pack a grown man in a garbage bag in

under 40 minutes.

However, he is still just a child in most ways, always will be.

Love you. I love you.

Now, the question on everyone's mind is, Eric, can you still do it?

Before you answer.

lot of tail.

You used to know that too, son.

Now, if you followed the news, drug busts always happen in inner cities.

And if you trust the numbers from the feds about the drug economy and believe

that it's an inner city problem and say Baltimore or Bed -Stuy, then every

street downtown would be swamped with dealers.

Buyers be queuing up like an 80s East German bread line.

Now, the truth is most drugs, major drugs,

They move right through here.

Pale -colored houses with white pickups and boats in the driveways.

Family life.

It gets to you in the end.

Major in urban geography or is this all part of the taxi ride?

Something stirring, Eric?

My son calls this place the Emerald City.

Beignets?

Okay, son, let's go get some beignets.

Now, you and I, we work together on a project out here.

Well,

old habits die hard, Eric.

You always knew you'd get a quick fix at the Firebird.

One of the things that made you sloppy.

I appreciate you.

Now, blowing up our facility was just plain rude.

Now, most people in our organization would have been given pink slip.

But because of your rather specific talents,

you have a very large parachute.

Now, that being said...

I have distributors that I promise product to, and an investor who's

about his bottom line.

Share it.

I can't be the only cook in town.

What do I do, anyway?

Okay, Eric.

I'll indulge you a little while longer.

Now, the fire at Oz, that happened on your watch.

Now, it's mine, really.

It's actually a question of some intellectual property.

A formula you promised.

I'm not in possession of intellectual anything.

My memory extends as far back as John Lennon's assassination and as recently

yesterday's front page.

Anything in between fire and Oz.

I don't know.

Doesn't mean anything.

You don't remember meeting me after Isaac?

It's Isaac.

Crawfish?

Crawfish?

Bayou? Last night?

Beautiful.

Now, see, you do remember.

Now, and this is not a spy issue.

My investors and I need to make sure we can maintain the integrity of our trade

secrets.

I'm not really clear about that.

Okay.

Clarify, son.

Now, you've been tweaking for me from the get -go.

Improvisation's over, Eric. We have losses. We need to recover.

Now, I can have you gutted in a shack or a cell, and believe me, slow bleeding's

a hell of a lot worse than any burn.

And guess what?

I'm an equal opportunity offender.

So, unless you start remembering some answers to my question, we'll do the

to that charming palm reader from the corner, right, son?

Now let's get something sweet again soon. Maybe next time you bring that

lady with you.

Eric,

it's Ansley.

If you cross the Mississippi, and that's Skippin' Bear, call me.

Do you know me?

Yeah. You're the guy that got caught in the storm.

Look, pal, why don't you take one of these loyalty cards?

I'll punch you.

We can keep tabs on you.

Is Desiree working?

Well, she must be, because you're here.

You know where to go.

Desiree! You want more?

That's all I got. You cleaned me out.

There's a drought.

You remember me?

Yeah. You're the guy with the, uh, booth tokens in a shaped top.

Yeah.

I mean, no.

I was joking.

Hey, wait, please.

Is your name Desiree?

Very funny.

Well, who is Desiree?

Nobody. Nobody? It can't be nobody.

It's code. You know that. Code for what?

What do you think?

Hey. I'm clean.

Do you read poems?

Sometimes. Show me your hand.

Interesting.

You're a drug -addicted pervert with an obsessive nature.

Remember? You, uh... You gave me this.

Whoa. Take it from me.

You're not the only one looking for her, you know?

Everyone's been snooping around.

A mistress with those talents will always be popular.

Pulling a knife like that isn't cool.

Fine.

You need shelter?

I was just listening.

You can hold my hand if you like.

I'm Desiree.

Past, present, or future?

Your parents are very religious.

You lost one, then the other left.

That's pretty vague.

Where was your father?

You were very close to him.

He'd wait for him to show up with gifts after being gone for days.

One day he just never came back.

He died near here.

Your lifeline stops here for a moment.

A minute break like you died.

It's okay.

Me too.

That looks like a swimming pool.

Swimming pools have water in them.

Definitely a pool.

This looks like a motel of some kind.

I envy your keen sense of the obvious, Otto.

Maybe the dinosaurs ate all the tourists.

Yeah, maybe.

Hey, come on.

What are you doing?

Mocking my territory.

Is that the cat?

Yeah. Yeah, this is him.

Yeah, I hear the kid's a handful, so I'm busy, okay? I'm going to talk to you.

Hey, come on.

Hey, hey. You mind?

He's a clean boy.

Okay, son, okay.

You'll have to forgive my son. He gets a little excited sometimes.

Scream, you scream. We all scream fast.

Scream, that's right.

Go play.

Y 'all go, go play, go play.

Listen, it's good to meet you.

Well, it's nice to meet you too, Eric.

Les montants, as they say.

You like these?

Madeleines?

Very popular in France.

You got a distinctive bit of taste.

That's good.

I'm not hungry.

I want an offering.

I haven't put my gun in two years.

Don't make me start.

What you doing here?

The doctor needs a sperm sample.

My phone.

It's been like crickets all day. You skip town?

You know where I've been.

Your cockroaches are everywhere.

I killed one, and now the whole colony's got it in for me. I don't operate like

that.

I don't come to you. You come to me.

Well, what luck is this?

I wandered into your office.

Or is this where your daughter works?

and my daughter again. Go on.

You be careful now.

So, what else you got, Eric?

My lawyer told me not to talk to you.

Mm -hmm.

Well,

Did your lawyer also tell you that that burn house is owned by a limited

liability corporation with an unmarked mailbox in Nevada?

Oh, and here's the punchline.

If you don't come up with something, D .A. is going to convince the judge that

you made that shit your deed on all alone.

I'm not worried about myself.

I'm worried about her.

Be careful now, Eric.

Ta -da.

How do you feel?

Cold.

How long have you felt like that?

Since I've been sitting in my underwear waiting for you.

Well, you were out all night.

How's your memory coming along?

C7H8. Tall you mean.

Why'd you ask me that?

Well, it says that you were a relief pharmacist in this district. Have you

worked here?

I don't know.

Facts and memory, two different things.

Yeah. Well, let's have a look.

Rule of nine.

Nine.

No less than 9 % second degree.

Skin feel itchy?

Oh.

It does not look too good.

It's icing sugar.

It's beignets.

This is the grass you had when you were a kid.

They're infected now.

Use sylvedine, not cream, all right?

You drinking enough liquids?

What's enough?

Stop drinking alcohol. Drink more water.

I'll give you some antibiotics and painkiller and some spray for those

You know about the bugs? Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

You know about the bugs?

They're not insect bites.

Are they infected?

More like speed bumps.

The burns are causing fever, compounded by dehydration of the narcotics.

You're still wired.

What? How's your memory?

You just asked me that five minutes ago.

I did.

I did.

That means you're better.

I treated you when you came in.

You nearly died.

Any more use of that drug and you'll cause irreparable damage.

You understand?

Everybody here wants you to live, my friend.

They think I'm God.

But I'm not.

Every man and every insect are made from the same six molecules of DNA, the same

five atoms.

One of these atoms knows the difference between speed and cold medicine.

Everything in the universe is everything else.

What makes you, kills you.

Call to the Lord and he will show you great and mighty things you do not know.

That's Ecclesiastes 3 .33.

And my friends at Memorial tell me that you have opened a window to

God.

Well, that was an experiment I've been trying to reproduce ever since the

I went back.

Well, then why did we come all the way out here then?

Now, why should I back you when I know a hundred other guys who can do almost

the same thing? Well, they can't do what I can do.

I found something nobody's ever done before.

I have unresolved questions about God.

Not many jobs will indulge me that way.

You think you can do it again?

Have you tried it?

Dharma?

Friend hope.

A better day, Eric.

Everything has another name, form.

One day you'll be a lightning bug, a firefly.

Everything in the universe is everything else.

Everything can be both a poison and a cure.

See, ether is heavier than air, so its vapors flow to ground level and then

build up. Most lab fires happen when the fumes hit a wall socket and

spontaneously ignite, but you know the rest.

Well, we have had an occasional spark for two years.

I bet you have.

Hindenburg's.

Expensive and attention -grabbing, which is why I'll be working my way alone.

Well, Eric, even a child doesn't get everything he wants.

No, no, you'll work with one of our teams. An investment like this requires

fast return and assembly line output.

My son, he calls this place Oz.

He has quite the imagination.

Hold on just a second, Little Bridge.

Want some?

Go ahead, little man.

Sometimes things we see the clearest are already gone.

Like starlight.

Starlight is millions of years old.

It's always been weird to me how astrologers think that light from our

tell us our future.

How'd you like the hospital?

How'd you know about the hospital?

What have you been using?

Boric acid.

Don't lie to me, Eric.

How did you find me?

I'm your lawyer.

This is my place of work. You called me, don't you remember?

Hmm? Did Otto call? All right, you know what? Clown time's over. The girl's

gonna have to wait until later. I will say this. You're my one client. It

arrives early.

No, come on, come on, come on. Come with me.

I can get you changed in a little bar. You should feel right at home. There's

place like home.

What's wrong?

I feel like a Mormon in this getup.

I am a Mormon.

Ethan. You're joking, right?

One who bites, right? You need a little color in your face.

Good news is that you probably...

That's good news.

It's urban slang.

Have you ever seen a court record that documents a conviction of possession of

reefer?

Or doobie?

It's going to be pretty hard to lever a charge of manufacturing against

something they can't properly identify.

Firefly.

Touch? Derma D, even?

Well, they think that you've been manufacturing in that house you turned

which, if it doesn't bother you, it should. But I'll not have them charge

with making Peggy Sue or whatever and allow it. They'll argue it's a new

without any medical production.

Not according to RF -4965.

What's that?

Did you remember how to make it yet?

You don't know what's going to help you in there.

Eric, what do you know?

I know the best batch in the world won't go anywhere without a name.

And I gave it hers.

Desiree.

Other drugs couldn't compete with D.

And a bone deep craving is its own sales pitch.

Everyone who took it felt the flood of the past. They felt it in their skin, in

their lips, in their fingertip.

It would come in waves for days.

A single trip followed by a series of memory aftershocks.

And like all good narcotics, its effects lingered on long after consumption.

You know, the skin only perceives three sensations.

Pain.

The subtle interplay of these crude sensations can create a symphony of

that constitutes all of the physical contact of our lives, all of the strong

attachment that we have.

Indeed.

Anyway, none of that is going to help you, Eric.

You really should let me talk in court.

You know, talk to Bill. That looks intentional.

Okay? Anyways, you know, I can probably look if you please diminish capacity.

The point is, I need you to walk me through exactly what they might find in

there. The feds access Oz tomorrow.

Oh.

This is working. You look... You look better.

I think... I'm gonna be sick.

These are the documents for the front companies. I just need you to sign

Our lawyer came down from Baton Rouge to see that it's all done right.

Two days ago, a coyote of your acquaintance got hammered in the bywater

sugar a girl drank.

Made the wrong move on the wrong woman, hurt from the doorman's flashlight.

Get the bag, son.

The cops pulled him on a DUI with two gallons of hospital -grade

iodine in his trunk.

Now, he cut a deal with the DA who cut him loose.

With a tapeworm stuck to his ribs.

Now, son.

Bugs won't get past me.

Toe tag here drained all the fluid out.

Cops lost the tail before they even knew they had one.

Now, we'll fill his belly full of rocks.

And he'll sink.

Bottom feeders will get through the chicken wire.

pick the flesh from the bone.

Out of the next couple of months, I wouldn't order any fish at any mom -and

restaurant between here and Austin.

What is this?

Starter fluid and more medicine.

What for?

What for? The dog's sick.

I'm sick. Are you ever listening to me?

Diathol ether.

What?

Starter fluid.

It's diathol ether.

Why would you have that?

My car's been acting up.

You said I need to be ready to leave in a moment. No, I didn't say that.

I would remember if I said that. I didn't say that.

Really, Eric?

So you're going to fix your car yourself?

No. I can't do it myself. I can't do anything myself.

Don't start, Dee.

I didn't know you were sick.

There's a lot of things you don't know about me.

It's beautiful.

Well, I don't start properly for a while.

I'm not looking for a song.

What the fuck is wrong with you? You look crazy, Eric. You look nuts.

I need your help.

My help?

What makes you think I'm going to help you?

Why would I help you?

Stella, you know these people.

Okay, these two people.

They were in love with each other, weren't they?

You know, maybe she wanted to turn the tables on you.

Do her own disappearing act. You hurt her.

I think her and Otto may be in trouble.

You think?

What happened to you?

I burned.

I got burned.

Yeah, I can see that. Yeah.

And? I lost him.

Jesus. Can I get a ride with you?

We haven't been properly introduced.

I'm Otto.

Yeah, I know who you are.

The lady of the house is getting ready.

I think she likes you.

Can't say I blame her, Eva.

Have you laid me down?

Ground against my face.

Was I to know?

Want a travel companion?

You been here the whole time?

Around. I'm a good lookout.

Oh, yeah? You clean?

You mean tapeworms? Yeah.

Desiree seems to be that.

And what's that supposed to mean? What I said, relax.

I've known Desiree for years.

I'm afraid she took it like you.

Where you going?

Meeting a guy.

A man about a dog? Yeah, something like that.

You want company?

A friend?

You know what?

Get in.

Not now, son.

This is a test, Eric.

Do you know who I am?

Do you remember that we had beignets a few days ago?

I remember.

And I met you before that at a house near St. Bernard.

Awesome. Good.

Good?

Well, now that you got your brain plugged back in, let's get down to

Eric.

What business?

Okay, son, have it your way. Toe tag?

I remember your associate, too.

So kind of you to procure her services for me.

Oh, morale?

Snap out of it. I'm losing my... Okay,

son, that's good.

Skipping bail is an expensive proposition, Aaron.

Now, once again, you expect everyone else to foot your bill with nothing to

for it.

Are you sure you don't have a tapeworm?

Because the cops seem to be doing a much better job of finding you than me.

Cut him loose.

Cut him loose.

These work okay?

Give me some of these.

Except they're dirty burns and you want me to give them to shit?

Blanc isn't here in an hour.

I'll drive him to hospital.

Hospitals are for cops, which means prison.

Now let's not forget protocol, shall we, Eric?

You'll take care of him, right?

Well, I'll do what you want.

Now, we're shutting this down, Eric.

My investor can't tolerate this kind of damage control anymore.

If I get the formula, he'll let me go.

Now, go get the girl, son.

Punky girl? That's right.

The punky girl.

Now, Eric, who is Desiree?

What's wrong with you?

Huh?

What's wrong?

I just wanted to do something nice with you.

Get away on a trip.

I've been working, Dee, I told you. Working? I've been working non -stop.

Is that what you call this?

This is your work?

Yeah, I'm here.

You got something for me?

I've been thinking about the guy who got burned.

And the girl. I need you back at Oz.

Now this phone is hot. Get a new one and call me right back.

Fuck.

Fuck!

What was that all about?

Mom!

Dee!

My knife.

What fucking knife?

My knife! The knife you gave me! Where is it?

I never gave you a knife!

Three days you got to remember.

Tell me you remember.

Whoa!

Who's this for?

Our lady?

My lady.

You gonna leave me, Dee?

Yeah, it's Otto.

You know he's up for anything.

And my friends at Memorial?

Memorial Hospital.

Remember being admitted?

Says you were trapped there when Katrina hit 2005.

My son calls this place the Emerald City.

Once Grand Jewelry makes a decision, it's too late to give me your employees.

I can't help you if you don't help me.

Tell me something useful. Lou,

I have a message for Blanc.

I don't know what you're talking about. If you say so.

You tell him I've got the formula.

What? I have Desiree.

Time.

Don't you say the garden was clear.

I'm a serious bug problem.

The usual?

Yeah, but hold the coke.

And a scotch and soda.

Old habits die hard, Eric.

Got good news for you.

Where's your boy?

Sucking snowballs through a straw and feeding fresh meat to the gators near

Well, I'm glad to see you got your old swagger back, Eric.

Lou, give us a minute, please.

Now, where did we leave off? I believe it was you oweing me a chemistry lesson.

Good.

Nothing exists but this.

I'm giving you a sample.

You have someone break it down, isolate and analyze the active alkaloid, do a

reverse synthesis, and there's your formula.

I'd love to help, but my lab is in a billion tiny pieces in Nevin's locker,

I seem to have forgot my periodic table while undergoing CPR.

And there's someone who just put an ad in the thick of you.

Why not?

Qualifications should include a background in organic chemistry. Must

brain damage or life -threatening enemies. Accused felons need not apply.

Counts me out.

And a whole lot of other people in New Orleans know, Eric. You see, you, my

friend, are irreplaceable.

Which is why I'm still alive, right?

I settled down fine.

Don't be in paranoia.

You have no idea.

Used to don't know who you are.

Well, I'll tell you.

A born loser with a messianic streak.

An egomaniac sociopath with a passing excuse for life.

Well, if we can't agree on the past, let's drink to the future.

We paid you.

I guess it burned up at Oslo on your synapses. No.

Otto took it.

Say that again.

Otto took it.

He was with Desiree.

Or he was a cop or an informant.

She loved him.

I know that now.

Okay, son.

You've had your fun, Eric.

I know many a people who have mistook their imagination for

their memory.

And if I wanted... Yeah.

It's like I said.

I just gave you a sample.

Goes down well with beignets, too.

Huh?

He has quacked the imagination.

Can I help you, sir?

Are you okay?

Yeah, yeah, I'm just visiting my friend's kid's daycare center.

It's down here, right?

Yes.

I'm a chemist.

Best there ever was.

There you go.

Yeah, there we go.

Now, I'm gonna need you to open up very wide. See ya.

You're a bad dad, Blanc.

And this, yeah, this is a perfect match with morale.

Pinstripe any number of corpses all the way from here to Oz.

Let's all three of us grab that snow cone sometime, huh?

Yeah, Detective Anslinger.

I remember her touch.

Her skin.

Her smile.

And she was generous.

She never gave me that knife.

Your memory is almost as good as your instincts.

You lied.

I never lied.

blood of christ the liar blanc my former employer the mink man

bring the dna to the memorial hospital i used to work for him there

his son short bus assassin is probably still tied up in drugs and they're still

covered you're like randy

i'm not passing you're not offering right

I don't know what I need, Eric.

Some details are crystal clear.

Others are gutsy.

Things are coming back to me, you know?

Otto disappeared.

She was going somewhere.

Let's just get in there from the side.

Come in here, Eric.

We'll look after you.

Thirteen and a half, right?

You help me, yeah?

I wouldn't make it.

I'd have to find her.

Or hate her.

You don't think I'm gonna just go again, do you?

You can't draw your gun here, detective.

Women and children.

That's her, isn't it?

Your daughter.

Chef Mentor on the bayou.

Up in the back.

One 1 ,000.

Two 1 ,000.

Eric, cover near the burn site.

Maybe it'll help.

Coyotes ain't the rest.

Swimming pools have water in them.

Come on.

What are you doing?

Listen, I hear the kid's a handful, okay? So do me a favor and keep him

I'm gonna talk shop.

Hey!

What are you doing here?

I keep her company when the cat's away.

I got another trip to make.

Did your jealousy.

It's cloudy. You think I want you where I can see you.

Come on. Come on.

Come on.

You got my pen?

Come on, Otto.

Can't be taking shit from me.

Fuck. All right, sorry.

Fuck!

Hey, I wanted to tell you that all of the things that I said we were going to

do... We're going to do them now. Where have you been?

I've been working, Dee.

I'm working so hard.

So hard for you.

Working? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I called the hospital. They said you haven't been

there for a month. No, no.

No, look, look, look. I've been working all of this.

I've been doing it all for you.

We're going to take a trip together, okay? Eric, I've heard this all before.

no, trust me, Dee. Trust me. Just listen to me this one time. Yes, trust me.

You aren't even working where you say, no, no, you always say this, you always

say you're coming. I am coming home.

Yeah.

Otto, I can trust you, can't I?

Dee, baby, it's me.

Eric, where are you? I've been worried. It's been two days. Listen to me, okay?

I figured it out. It's all going to be fine, Dee. It's over.

What are you talking about?

Otto!

What was that?

Eric? I need you to come get me.

Where are you?

Chef Mentor. There's a map in the glove box.

It's called Oz, okay? Knock once and twice and once again.

I'll be waiting.

Eric, that's our day. Don't start with me, Dee, okay? You got my car.

I've been stranded here for three days. Okay. Cause your car wouldn't go.

Otto's with me.

Yes. I told you that the pooch is fine.

Okay.

You need to hurry time.

Wake up, Hop. It's in your line.

Storms come and go in New Orleans.

They all get names.

Betsy, Katrina, Isaac.

But some sneak in out of season.

Hit big.

What are you looking at?

You got a tapeworm, too?

Hop!

Well, I didn't do a goddamn thing!

You got a problem here?

I hope a hunter shot you in the ass and killed all your children.

Do you have a problem here? This one. Desiree. I've been tracking for a while.

Loneliness comes to call.

And sometimes the sun doesn't shine for at all.

Loneliness ends with love

Wee.

Detective Anslinger. Sometimes the things that we can see the clearest are

already dead.

It's me.

I've been to Oz.

I could come get you. Or you could save me the trouble.

Now Blanc is on his way.

You're probably the last person I'll ever speak to.

Derek, listen to me.

You don't have to go down like this.

I wanted to tell you...

I'm sorry for what I said about your daughter.

I've forgotten all about it.

Eric, come on in, please.

We've got a deadline. Listen to me.

I remember everything now.

I'll be at the motel.

if the house is getting ready.

I think she likes you.

Can't say I blame her, Eva.

Hey. Hey.

I do it very territorially, you know.

I just need a few minutes. Can you wait?

I have a surprise.

Every second of my life that is without witness is a second.

I know that I fell in love with the moment of falling in love with you.

And I wanted to keep that moment alive forever.

The last time I heard thunder, it was you hammering on the floor of our room.

I've been alone in a wake -up door for days.

Crazed, I thought you were God or the devil. Don't react.

I thought you loved me.

But when you came, I didn't recognize you.

Panicked and swallowed a handful of fireflies the infernal could not.

One memory after the next turns yellow at the edges and crumbles to flakes in

touch.

We amnesiacs have been blessed with a lack of memory for the mistakes we

make right.

People carry their losses with them their whole life, but imagine God have

reversed his clock in all your regrets.

Imagine knowing you can once again hold your newborn child or your lost lover.

Imagine what you feel during those first seconds of knowing, and imagine that

could last for days on end.

You could buy any of these moments for a few dollars, wouldn't you?

My dad... taught me that even the stars could bleed he taught me

to count in time with the elements he never taught me how to stop

Loneliness comes to call, and sometimes the sun

doesn't shine for us all.

Always remember where twilight stands.

Loneliness ends with love.

I just shifted God's original patterns.

I'm a chemist.

I give people their more.

Some things never come back.

And sometimes the things you see the clearest are already dead.

Storms come and go in New Orleans.

They all get names.

This one, Desiree.

It's like the rapture.

No one got saved.

I saw you watch me dance on a Friday

night in a one -horse town.

You were so

surprised.

That's how you laid me down.

against my face how would I know

love would feel this way

now it's been so long since you

held me close

Was a salt and pepper sky.

The wind was blowing right.

I walked all the way and got lost before it rained.

And had to miss.