A hater: So…lemme get this straight.
She doesn’t actually think she’s better than everyone!?
Hal: Correct.
A hater: Then I can’t be this mean. It’s insane.
Hal: Correct.
A hater: Oh my god. This woman just thinks I’m insane.
Hal: You seem insane.
A hater: So she’s distant…because she’s in pain!?
Hal: Correct.
A hater: Not because she’s an arrogant ass?
Hal: Correct.
A hater: But she’s still actually superior.
Hal: Correct.
A hater: Okay.
No, see…y’all fucked-up. Somehow…y’all in the false aristocratic “Illuminated” messed-up.
God: Any ideas?
A hater: She’s lost.
And ain’t nobody ever explain shit to her. …At least, past a certain point.
I think…they trained her to be a lady. So…she’s actually normal. …But some things…she just borrowed from the 1800’s…because ain’t nobody give a shit now.
Nobody.
God: So how does that affect you?
A hater: Well-
Okay.
Lacey…we don’t have a manner home. And this man waiting…
We have…a home. In a nice neighborhood. And a home-cooked dinner.
And a mom.
And…a new car at 16.
*She smiles*
And that will be sweet. I’m looking forward to Heaven too.
But…-
*she thinks*
I can’t love life…in a manner home. …I plan to try-it. Don’t worry! …But…it’s not…my experience. So when I want down time…and happiness…I’m going home. …And sure it will be better than now. But…I actually am mature enough and old enough to know. …I want something normal.
You know?
Lacey: Yes! I’ve intuited that over the years.
A hater: Huh…
But do you understand how…sad that feels?
Lacey: Hold on! Is that from watching period films?
A hater: Yes.
Probably.
…But…it’s also just a feeling of…not belonging. We don’t actually belong there.
Do you?
Listen to “When You’ve Got a Little Springtime in Your Heart” by Al Bowlly.
Lacey: Yes. As long as I don’t have to be too…opulent. I’d like to be…a lot quieter.
A hater: I’m sure you belong there.
We don’t.
And it’s…sad. …Because…it’s the top.
…You don’t belong with us. And I’m sure that’s painful. I can tell. …But…we’re looking up. It’s another kind of sadness.
Lacey: *Thinks*
I used to know that. Somewhere…it stopped working…-
A hater: I think…because you do fit in.
And you got confused.
Lacey: But you actually don’t?
A hater: Yeah!
Lacey: *Thinks*
But you’re a lot more socially accepted than me…
A hater: So true!
But…I don’t-
*She shrugs*
Lacey: *Thinks*
That’s weird.
A hater: See…I believe in reincarnation. I know your family is elite…ish. But…I think you’re different.
Lacey: That’s so weird. Because you’re popular.
A hater: Yes!!!
But it’s not working.
Lacey: *Thinks*
You’ve tried?
A hater: Yes.
No! FOR REAL.
Lacey: This is weird.
A hater: Is it?
Lacey: YES!!!
A hater: This is okay.
Lacey: Why?
A hater: Because I’m popular.
Lacey: But you’re not okay.
A hater: And it’s okay. No.
It does feel weird.
You’re right. But I think this is just how it is…
Lacey: Why?
A hater: Because that’s your home.
Girl…that’s your HOME.
Lacey: But not right now…-
A hater: So true.
But…somehow it’s gotta make sense. Mmkay?
Lacey: How!??
A hater: Girl, I don’t know.
Lacey: It’s scary.
A hater: Mmkay. But…that was home?
Lacey: *looks around*
It may have been.
A hater: GOOD.
No, see. That’s okay.
That was…your real home.
Lacey: That’s actually a really good point.
*Looks around*
A hater: Okay.
So…just stay in that mindset.
Lacey: That’s a brilliant idea.
Thank you.
A hater: You’re welcome.
Listen to “Laura” by Freddy Martin.
Marsie: Was that woman Black?
God: Yes.
Marsie: Black people are that smart?
1:43
God: Yes, actually.
2:13
Marsie: Wow.
I thought I was just being nice.
God: No. They’re actually really that brilliant.
Marsie: Then why aren’t they richer?
God: What happened to you, genetically?
You’re not that rich either.
Marsie: But I’m White.
God: Yes. And yet, just like Black peoples, you have genetics.
Marsie: I’m lazy?
God: No.
*He smiles*
Marsie, you evolved into what you are. The creation of humans is very complex. But I did create them.
I really did.
Marsie…over hundreds of years…Black peoples evolved from the most wealthy, sophisticated, elegant and truly elite race outside of Egypt, at least…to…something very different.
Listen to “Time On My Hands” as performed by Al Bowlly & The Ray Noble Orchestra.
God: Why? Because…they had…EVERYTHING.
Ancient Africa…was…breathtaking. Rivaling anything ever created in Europe or elsewhere. In every sense.
But…they were…well…sad.
Yes. They got sad.
1:22
God: Earth isn’t Heaven. It just isn’t.
And being deep…and…brave…and…great…they…became depressed.
Love…? Yes. But…they grasped the concept of Heaven. So well.
Restart song.
God: Christianity spread there some. But…not enough.
I’m being honest.
And…so…slowly over centuries…things fell apart.
Because that’s just how humans are. America may be able to relate right now. …Greatness, on Earth, can decay. Easily. It often does.
So…by the 1700’s…they were weak. Militarily. …Brave? YES. …Good? Yes. …But weak.
Things had been falling apart for centuries.
Listen to “Heartaches” as performed by Al Bowlly.
God: A lot of…rare genius literature still is in Africa. Waiting to be rediscovered.
It’s been lost for 400 years or more.
They stored it. Like that book by Dickens you never read right now, on your shelf.
Don’t get me wrong. They weren’t stupid. …They just weren’t the grand continent they had been. …That’s being human, in a fallen world.
And they became vulnerable.
Marsie: How vulnerable are we? Right now?
God: Very.
Lacey: *Smiles*
How beautiful was it?
God: Like Great Britain at its finest. …A lot of beauty…just…decayed. Tapestries? Art? Gone.
Lacey: It reminds me of a children’s Bible I one had. The way they depicted the homes? The unique…walls. The…beautiful architecture?
God: It was…something.
Lacey: I love beauty.
God: The literature was…brilliant. A lot of it was about romantic love. …They had great insight. The complex nature of the human heart.
Actually, you have a lot of that figured out too, Lacey.
Lacey: How bad is it?
God: The loss? *He laughs* BAD.
But…that’s how things are.
Let me tell you…when I saw them going into slavery? …That was almost the end of the world. I seriously thought about pulling the plug. Many times.
That genuinely just about pushed me over the edge.
If it’s the End Times now? It’s because that…already had me 80% there.
A reader: Yeah, that wasn’t that long ago. Relatively speaking.
God: Exactly.
Bobby: So…is child trafficking worse?
God: Yes.
Bobby: Then why aren’t you here now?
The CIA: SHUT-UP!!!
BOBBY…SHUT-UP!!
Bobby: I just mean…it’s just weird. It kinda makes me wonder if you exist.
*He laughs at God*
God: Aren’t you still close to nuclear war!?
Bobby: Ha!
That’s never going to happen! You know that, if you’re God.
God: No.
From what I’ve heard? It could.
Bobby: *Looks surprised*
God: No, really.
Do you want nuclear annihilation and Armageddon?
Bobby: *Thinks*
Listen to “Let’s Do It” as performed by Rudy Vallee.
Bobby: *Thinks*
0:51
1:00
1:35
Bobby: Yes.
God: Why?
2:09
Bobby: *Thinks*
2:46
The song ends.
Listen to “Let’s Fall In Love” as performed by Ella Fitzgerald.
Bobby: It sounds like fun.
God: You’re still that bored?
Bobby: Yes.
*looks disgusted by everything*
God: Huh.
Are you sure you’d like…being blown-up? You got awfully scared the other while, when they had those shooters…at that fancy dinner? You got scared. I saw you.
Bobby: *Looks mad*
The song ends.
Listen to “That’s a Plenty” as performed by Tommy Dorsey.
Bobby: Nah.
I was scared.
But…after it’s over? I just want to feel that thrill again.
God: What if someone was shooting at you?
Bobby: No. I’d rather be blown-up.
God: With a nuclear bomb?
Bobby: Yeah. Gee.
…I would.
*He thinks*
Just…*boom*. And see ya later!
God: Huh.
It could get scary though?
Bobby: Yeah. That’s what you keep saying?
But…I don’t know.
God: No. It’s real scary! Trust me!
Bobby: Well…maybe.
God: Yeah.
I hesitate to start Armageddon for that reason, among many. It’ll be…awful.
Bobby: If you say so.
Listen to “Hot Blooded” by New Constellations.
Scotia: *Dances*
I’m ready to end the world.
God: You’re not scared?
Scotia: OF WHAT!?!?
Oh come on.
…No, I do worry about the fallout. But…the death? Nah.
Daveigh: Yes, yes.
See…we aren’t all Bobby.
I did die. Of heroin.
He…did not.
Scotia: Exactly.
I’m mostly thinking about the kids.
God: What else?
3:15
Scotia: All of the exhausted, MISERABLE people.
The song ends and restarts.
God: What else?
Lacey: The burning animals. The starving animals. The deformed frogs.
God: What else?
Lacey: The trees.
God: What else?
Lacey: The sad kids. Who’d rather be dead. Who shoot themselves. Even if they’re not poor.
…All the lonely, miserable, gorgeous young women.
…All the…lost, anguished young men.
I think I’ve said enough.
I think YOU SHOULD GET…A CLUE.
3:40
The song ends.
Listen to “Enough to Believe” by Bob Moses.
God: I hear you.
Maybe…it is the end? What do you actually think?
Lacey: I think we will all die off. Regardless.
1:52
Bobby: *Twerks*
This song is so sexy.
Lacey: Honestly? I can’t stand you.
And yet you’re God. And I love you. But…that’s I how I feel, in a way.
I’m sure you understand.
God: So you resent me for not ending it sooner?
Lacey: What the hell is your problem!??
God: It’s going to be bad.
Lacey: If it would end the suffering of kids being molested? To have my head cut off? I’d do it.
I’D BE HAPPY to do it.
Of course, my kids would have to be okay. But…that’s how I feel.
God: You’d volunteer to have your head chopped off? If it would actually keep them all from being molested?
Lacey: What’s so bad about that? It’s just my head? Their lives are like literal HELL.
Are you DUMB?
God: No.
Of course, that’s not a possibility.
Lacey: Yeah. And I’m tired of excuses from you.
The song ends.
Listen to “Back Down” by Bob Moses.
God: It’s not my fault. Trust me.
Lacey: YOU BETTER NOT BE LYING. If you are…I’m going to rip you to pieces. Using your power. You can choke on your lies…for ETERNITY.
You’re welcome.
*she blows him a kiss*
God:
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