Godspeed Screenplay (Episode 1, Scene 5) Lyrics
Florence: 'C'mon.'
Florence: 'Don't get yourself into anything you can't get out of child.'
Florence: 'Gimme.' (Pointing at the bulge in his pocket.)
Walks past security into the empty underworld of parking levels—few overnighted vehicles here and there. He goes to where he left Garten's car and gets in. He pulls out a box of smokes and reads the warning label. He smokes a cigarette and begins looking at his teeth in the mirror. Garten's keys are inside as before. He starts the car. He drives normally, calmly, making his way off the corporate campus onto the highway, and getting off at an exit leading to a neighborhood nestled by woods. There is a subdivision ahead of him comprised mostly of high-rises. There's a lake passed.
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“Godspeed,” episode 1, scene 5, appears on page 54 of Boys Don’t Cry magazine.
I wrote a story in the middle – it’s called ‘Godspeed’. It’s basically a reimagined part of my boyhood. Boys do cry, but I don’t think I shed a tear for a good chunk of my teenage years. It’s surprisingly my favorite part of my life so far. Surprising, to me, because the current phase is what I was asking the cosmos for when I was a kid. Maybe that part had it’s rough stretches too, but in my rearview mirror it’s getting small enough to convince myself it was all good. And really though… It’s still all good.
Steely (Main protagonist):
Charismatic and well liked but emotionally guarded. Steals cars as a hobby though he comes from a well-to-do industrial family.
Shoobie (Steely’s girlfriend):
Beautiful and sassy, she’s a gifted product design and mechanical engineering student.
Matthew (Steely’s best friend):
Steely’s childhood friend akin to a brother. He’s close to both Steely and Shoobie.
Garten (CEO and Inventor):
Genius and foremost scientific mind of his generation who runs his own tech company. Enigmatic but seemingly benevolent.
Clark (Steely’s good friend from childhood)
Danny (Steely’s good friend from childhood)
- 4.This Is Mom
- 5.Truisms
- 10.Godspeed Screenplay (Episode 1, Scene 5)
- 12.Hopes and Dreams
- 15.Tricolor
- 16.Movie List
- 17.Song List
- 18.Jumbo
- 19.Key Words
- 21.Brown Eyed Man
- 22.Ed aka the Sloth
- 23.Boyfriend
