Hungry Ants - Barry Adamson

«I'll tell ya something, Scagnetti, in all of my days in

the penal business, and that ain’t no small amount of days, right boys?»

«Oh, no.»

«Nope.»

«Mickey and

Mallory Knox are without a doubt the most twisted, depraved pair of shit

fucked that has ever been my displeasure to lay my goddamn eyes on.

I’m

tellin' you, these two motherfuckers are a walkin' reminder of just how

fucked up the system really is.»

«Don't get me started,

okay, warden?

Don’t get me started.»

«Dwight, you call

me Dwight.»

«They've killed a shitload of inmates and guards.»

«Three inmates, five guards and one shrink all in one

year’s time… Open that goddamn gate!»

«Yes, sir."[Jack

Scagnetti:] «What, a psychiatrist?»

«Yeah, Mickey’s

better half, Miss Mallory, strangled his ass when he made the dumb-ass

mistake to ask her what her parents were like, and she done it all shut up

on tranquilizers too.»

«Oh…»

«Ain't love grand?

If that doesn’t tell the truth.

Listen, I got another dead lie: love makes the world go around."[Black

Inmate:] «Hey, I need to talk to you 'bout…» «How did

a fellow like you get to be a specialist in psychos anyway?"[Jack

Scagnetti:] «Well, actually, Dwight, I’d recommend having your mother

killed by one.

After that happened I developed a rather keen interest in

the subject, you know?»

«What happened?"[Jack

Scagnetti:] «When I was born I spend the first part of my life in Texas.»

«Oh, that’s funny, you don’t have an accent."[Jack

Scagnetti:] «Nah, I don’t wanna talk like those assholes."[Dwight

McClusky:] «Well, my, my mother was from Texas.»

«I meant

those other assholes, you know, who used to beat the shit out of me.

Anyway, one day, when I was 8 years old, my mother… my mother… I wanted

to play in the park.

And it just so happened to be the same day Charles

Whitman had climbed to the top of the University Texas Tower and started

shooting strangers.»

«And you was with her."[Jack

Scagnetti:] «Sure was.

You see, the thing is, Dwight, I didn’t hear any

shots.

I didn’t hear any of 'em.

And one minute I’m walking with my mother

when all of a sudden… Chest explodes.

She hits the ground, right?

I’m

just lookin' at her, her forearm flies off, her hip explodes and… Now,

I’m not hearing any of these shots, right?

BOOM!

Chest explodes!

Right?»

«I spent all goddamn day lying flat on the grass, bein'

eat alive by fucking ants.

I’m thinking, what happened to my ma, you know?

And ever since then I’ve had a strong opinion about the psychopathic fools

that’s alive today in America’s fast-food culture.

I tend not to exhibit

the self-discipline, you know.»

«You…"[Jack

Scagnetti:] «And comin' off a peace officer.»

«You got

it right, Jack.

You got it right.

Say, you don’t mind, do ya, if I call you

Jack?»