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Tell this to your children: right now, go tell them
When the river is full, fish will walk the earth.
What happened here - light graffitied into being.
Stretch and yawn,
metaphorical, displaced and stumbling
over lungs.
around ever-confessional remember-mouths,
a purple mass bloomed & tongue becomes tourniquet,harp-hearted osteotome.
This underside of being.
This is a snake eating snake eating its own tail.
Broseph, you know this - what wounds enter unopposed.
Have I, hapless, told you of multiple origins?
This same thing inverted - e.g.
what you hear and what inheres.
What keeps & what deigns be kept--
born continuous & borne besotted.
Resorted to and breath-stealing beauty.
You’re bequest of gestes,
raining darkness into tight magic.
You’re baby teeth loosening,
you're a small dead mouse in the beak of jay.
What comes to me is easy.
Thinking never not magical,
like barest precipitate,
likening once, involute.
Form of forms as hot & dark
& imperfectly distributed.
This re must be--pooling denseness.
Only blood’s translatable.
If this could never not be, n scant comfort.
Make and unmade, even selves cohere.
Some measure-- present at its punniest.
password is: Ileteveryonedown
That Thing you know now.
You think secrets are meant to be kept --
but no secret truly belongs to one person.
Dubious this, my sweetest pea.
Gravid, I mean gravitas.
Swelled newness in you
when we dared not hope.
Allowances have been made.
Hums, loomed & varied, proximal.
fuck you say—
half-roamed and roaming.
Staid & words-a-blinding,
unruly and taken up.
We swoon & are read,
take none such liberty.
With us, darkness, hi r & yon—sea-bound.
world’s gone silver-pulsed, stillborn.
We knew ourselves or we thought we knew.
Something took flight.
We outed ourselves out of ourselves.
Left from the leaves. Divided up.
Your sheltered light, gilt & limned,
Some simply are—O, whisper dark.
We would not unsee.
Flickered & gyred.
We stood beneath plums.
Surely, waylaid, surely casements.
I was caught unawares, flightless.
Your throat brook I’d soak in.
O many-chambered grief.
O nautilus shell.
As heat burns, smoke blots out the sun.
Eir's Kindness—diaphanous.
Pivot, two-faced, twice this and what laden, lifts.
makes us lighter—clear water.
Lensing, taken measure.
O, what-must-have-been.
Guiding hands O, metamorph.
You were you, pure, strewn light.
Wrack us, but gently.
The sower knows what is seeded.
O, cenotaph, waken known thing.
Forge nomen, jade-eyed angel.
Take measure, clear in any storm.
A glass bead eye.
O, maelstrom, let re be currents within us.
A swathing, limitless moment.
soul’s slaked and cauled.
Bound what I know and what I hope.
Gravity’s too simple concept—swelling and briny.
Try pliant, omen.
Foment our softened hearts.
Vessels & soundless.
What did y take you for?
We took you unashamed, we took you naming.
If we were wrong, fire
beckoned.
We were far from the water mirror.
We saw each other.
mountains below, surfeit of significance.
& there's no shame in being discursive.
yr killin’ me.
Do I feel it – yes.
Ding’s too kindword. & dong—
well, dong’s out too. So, dung, n.
sharpest retort persists.
This is glass shard splintering.
I did not think you’d come.
Avail yourself. Bide time.
Fickle-footed and childless,
heave me over.
Cliffs, lake you failed into being.
If this is all I’m allowed to do.
there's no takesy-backsies.
This is eternal, and the worst of it.
Steadied and resteadied.
Substrate and condensate.
Some initial perturbation—mannered & instinct.
To start to differentiate.
I never had your stamina, dread, or wasted sentiment.
Wikipoesis unfists line, O, charming boy-girl. The trick is to watch without staring.
We talked to each other. Took time,took what offered itself, I recall. You, deep-veined. Me, unlettered.
& storm came in quickly. O, TFW you unlike brimming fanciful.
Like, once our bodies knew what we’d become tangles of smoked-glass skin, stretched desire,
& weary, we slept fever back & dreamt.
You didn’t what you couldn’t & I hated you for it.
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Love harmonious, well-tunedOf orchards, of longing and of poetic spaces.
I suppose chivalry’s dead. Knock knock.Who’s re. Neologist. Neologist who?
Um… Unvoiced -nesses, -ides, and -ties. What’s a-positional, before and after? It’s putting income in nincompoop!It’s answer door well beforeYou understand things we tell
Each o r in passages between.Has not that I’ve bestowed Call unto me song. Such sweetness
She said, ``I don't do “unto.”Nei tidal nor tidal bore.
Call back what’s been undone.Call back what’s unpresented.
So stay distant. Staying.
Dare you to leave it strength to improve.
A change,final change includes no authority.
Oh unnecessaries of generation—
to harm or compare or associate.
Act so that re is no use
incenter. Wide action is not
a width.”answer yields up.
body’s politics more than souls --
I was not awake & I,
I was not unsurprised.
I’d heard words darked-up
and, like I, exasperated.
As if you’d been enough.
Fanfic’s always the best fic.
She called me calm before awesomeness.
So I call her, in principle.
It was never my thing — change.
So I dare not, so I’d feign Black Betty,
that pretty poisson, those golden tassels--
O, those pumps and whispers. Longing, as y say,
& when we draft we compromise, we invite excess.
Hoping for more yet never not dreaming.
Finding our feet and stepping through rough.
We do what we must and we must never sleep.
Breaking new barriers and searching newgrounds.
Exploring ourselves and unknowns of life,
Growing and changing as the world chooses.
Out on our own in unexplored world;
Making so plain just how well we cope.
A newborn created, all concerned relieved;
More reasons to live now than just to brea
In and breath upon moment
fine hairs on your forearm remember
Enjoy battling ideals.
meet me underground
meet me where nowhere
becomes a place we understand to be our new home.
my new phone
blocks out sound. blocks calls from your mo r and mine
mine heart mine letter mine own
tongue rendered rent
due north, due aparted
apartment in house with inglenooks with olive light fixtures
you and I staring into it
Is re stillgod to claim home
Here
Half-cut, drinking milk under your arm,
counting my sins,
Pleading. And all while womb of eternity swells
Waiting to birthbright-star world
Where I becomes We and eyes begin to see
Beyond this tiny now that aches with beatings of time
Against timelessness of all Creation
Like Butterfly being born
Again. . .and again. . .and again. . .
Afresh
I wish for once, tap
on my shoulder would be enough
to set off fireworks under my bed.
Don’t say you wouldn’t do it too
If you had chance to trace your lips in gold
Skimpy silk baths and rose candles casting light onto your skin
You’re not human anymore
I know you would
I reach deep into heart of painting,
pull out its guts
ripping canvas and flesh,
always darkness
past whiteness
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Have you not always?
Have you not rope and sail?
What may from wind and wrack?
A lens, sky,path.
O, bought our dis-ease.
Bringer of salt, every facet caul.
What likens may yet be our undoing.
What undid wave fills us with light.
Tendence calls us back.
Silt lends depth to us.
What tensing multiplies.
orchard reft of fruit.
As surely as the stone cradle was bought.
As surely as the body left unbending.
n utmost, n waved, at least one.
At least body’s salt. At least lichen. At least as souls tend salt-ward.
The lens-curved moon bends the tide.
What passes lacks me right.
start you took vexed measures.
Vexed portent and skin.
You and I contain the world.
We bed toward what’s final &
our hearts lit from within.
Allow me to see fiction.
Our doubting parts doubtless run.
And shadows fill our mouths.
What buds will taste heavy with need.
Be encrusted.
Be the depth from which darkness comes.
So we must, partly and we,
deep as something unexpected is,
envy consequence. What brooks no rising star.
And what does not salt wound cannot help but salt wound.
Heat akin to density, buoyant as words.
Your bodysign.
Palm, wind, & fir.
So earth parsels us out.
So the wind melted us out.
Did we miss earth?
From every, this particular, this rest & all for naught.
Burning brands as plenty.
answer stuns lake, possible bare-boned thing.
If sameness n sameness touched with gold.
Iftome n too-broad sea.
Push of the sea.
We matter-stuffed, wedged into time’s mouth.
dark start of wave. heedless substitute.
We are that which travels. That which shallows even love.
You found your way. Found your line.
We could do this.
How simple spoken, discrete.
As unconvincing as the extent.
As we’re never not sight, not sleeplessly new.
the sound of any bird drags twine round our hearts.
None so heedless. None so crystal-still.
O dry stone wall of my heart,
sea-glass and what’s unforeseen.
Etchwell in me.
No great sound.
For have you notriven breeze from death?
Scant summoning gives no words.
What trials, what questions spoke in sleepless tongues.
For or place us.
O, sought-ones, un-show stars.
not-quite excess and most worn.
This is not the way. This is no favor, no place and its undoing.
One maimed bears us dark-ward.
What surface goaded us.
I’ve heard that every infinite’s not smallest infinite.
Distant as those stone walls.
As that fast ship.
broken surface of pond
silvered clouds. Catchless as the world tucked under.
faint buzz of blood behind eyes.
A hunger and ruin, sea bent to wind.
n calling, n stones and lush of silence.
Pearls and what might, or time and your ga ring mind.
To see pale things.
This too. As unlike a palm.
Yes and what becomes us--thou monument, thou dream.
Hasten dawn.woven fast.
Dream us lightened in fragrant woods.
Weave us hopeful.
And if this comfort you,
I will be here when you wake.
a few moments, heart-cozing and querulous.
Faith, how shores drown.
many-hued sorcelled us.
A chorus drowns a shining star.
Holied, holy every lowing mass.
Divvied and hardened, we slip patterns alight.
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Poured out. Poor For you & for what’s left what could have been choke stone afterimage flame-shadowed, shadowed flame of you, candle-flame and echo of candle's flame. ember-lidded, eyed & you, blue echo of candle's flame, purple echo of candle-flame lidded and dull ember-lidded. bide For you & what you You choke-stone of what could have been, you flint-souled jagged us raw, and you wrung from ourselves. found, we were wrung from ourselvesyou found us we were wrung out of ourselves. you found us unprepared. Wring wrung out we were caught unawares we were unprepared breath possible thus. you found us unprepared—led whispering sketch ing we j. we were unprepared. cried vibration spoke softly wung wrung fly wing flown what breathing does soft what soft breath passed possible bled led blunt softed potentiality fire that woke your Pass allow Fire and what have you consumed. Ten thousand years, smoke of all I love. everything if you would but smoke of ten-thousand years. I would burn ten-thousand years-How offers time – burnt Ten thousand years. Counteless Water, fire, what element have you what have you elental. Flint Worn as you are, As You’re our Pace Spate Earth-fire Salt and fire. never not be borne upFire We'd deserved Deserved Collapse Forced forced Resolve to Pured What amber Placate plication Enfold Lest We’re Stuck us-ness. Prickle Past gently or not at all lint-souled, choke-stone crystalline, what forces bound you nce. What heat solved caught me up, stone caught up stuck in my throat . 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Hearted, Pulsed, we O, pulse.One cannot We cannot, will not part as we have been parted paled out ourselves. parted as seas, left from leaves. left from leaves as parted simplest. Leaves, sky parted. As left from leaves. heart to hands, to bread parceled and shred, loaves left leaves as leaves ll’s As Parted like bread. in-kind. Unkindness kinned From one, unkind. From you ano r Out of you nor Your unseen sheltered light out of Like bread, passed gilt what's simplest—you you guided our gilding, ourslimned-over,voiced gilt to voicing OursA fair apportioned Smoothing over Simply are Some are. jointed up divided yed into out parted jointed took up like bread. 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We were boundless— we were breathless. Dearest, only you Only whole of you and all of you—only , bodywhat have you made re, warp and weft of you writ-one speak of tell future writ beneath which of tree density though thou you and youwe andonce,n after one to one r. extenuating circumstances. was remoment. re wasmomentpassing. Only through you and yours is this sign reno dowsing Only you in your entirety. through O many-chambered grief. Grieved. O grief, O nautilus shell, of Go, go and go to the seashore, take up a handful of sand pools at your feet, O many chambered grief. There is always another room how many rooms does grief hold /Nautilus shell teeth though thou one, grit-yarned wove rove heart roven riven heart heart riven to ground-down heart chambered O many chambered grief. How is re ano r only through you and yours that what tears That what tone, All that torn as one tends one as heat and burns altar smoke blots out sun. Burnt offering both call and block out sun. As sure as Pends pendant weighs, Pendulous one is not. smoke —to be sure.But ei r’s is terrible kindness. For knowing unkindness What terrible kindness to knowAn arch is always falling but for this. Terrible kindness to know, to collapse. When will we know - As Hallowed Between terrible and kindness. Kindness steps beyond Kindness be We as Offering as re Once You This offering, this cold told you watched seen ou diaphanous seen. Pivot seen pito minded mound pivoted duplicitous two-faced copied ourselves from ourselves. Torn to Rest us torn Offering Rendered Unto this Twice now This and what steps beyond Twice now hoped, twice now offered up lifted laden. Heavy with laden, secret cowled Twice now, calling out, , we ce now burnt teared up, Once Offerings offer plumb Drowning Easier way Heat We walked mica-flecked path, of all things flecked, mica-flecked path, heat and apportioned smade secret colwed. secret-heavy cows ton and unmade , have you no words. Enough of all things, even lack . Wracked Apportion We took and take nothing dowsing You. What goods dowser at sea. cannot dowse the sea. Dowse sea Nothing dowses. Dowsing’s good as nothing O, form and form’s coursing, drowning makes us lighter in and through offering. Wahat clear water depthless, terrible, wrack us, but gently. Drowned as what is not a gift that one breathes it. thisdowsing, thiswater all way dowsing’s as old as anything. drawing dowsing swum Toodowser, too soul, wracked into being. drowning through , alight lensed and measured. the red to ano r light taken measure what-must-have-been.light upon what forms out what form’s incline re must’ve been Look, read, with -clad, strewing lip of clear water. Penitent agency What forms course through us, light strewn. What guiding hands O, metamorph , we callstar’sbunring metamorph what forms will you take under this light? What form light strew courses in you what form course in you think back – to what was when you were not thinking back before love, evn, before what voices? What were you, pure, strewn light. Torn O false light, wrack us, but gently. sower knows furrow, ikesyay. Sown-thing. What seeded, Cenotaph grows What grows here, sower. What sower Assumes Power. You are no known-thing owned sowed Out of all possible now What stirs. What tears across sky. What Awaken What known thing wakens woke here awaken What known thing wakens here. What breath. links forge here? Nomen nomen Whose sight crowds out brain whose lens What jade-eyed I mean no offense. What angle? What begins? Forskellige for skelly o’s/whose the red her who's connectedWho has insight Future peeps Take position from you, take measure. O wreckers Let this be kindness. swelled to the brink. future swelled us to brink And you lensed Fresnel-lensed, clear in any storm against all storms. Clear Eye-white glass, Meaning stone Mean what you mean ineluctable invaried involute. Inviolable stones mote,glass bead in eye eye-shape scale eye wh eye-white and cave-word damp earth what grows in damp earth eye white Any port in storm drowning man grabs at anything What concerns us concerns us Grab you livestrong fromstream mote speck of dust What are you to o rs O death-mark, , to o rs. — The future exists in us, always done-in, time-swelled, re-not- re. , tossed around us. Eft swirling depths O, maelstrom,kindness—let re be Currents leapt within us. What leapt within us, currents for if this child,swath,field of kindness. For if this childbrnachinling limitless can we find our way back to this moment. currents caught swells caught Between now and everything else. spirited away. blind currents what currents drift us spirited away. re-not- re. and re. 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Explanation underwhelms. What motivates source is never whelming underwhelms
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Cuz, what I’ve said & did’s two-faced. what those things you said you’ll love so much
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I am born in the dissolution of everything we could say crystalline quartzite in our hands. you came suspended sustained I cannot what we could not as she said you & re you were here are your retrograde jagged quartz jagged lines of our hands, scored-dragged dragged proofs we scored dragged lines into our hands what, membranous, delays, what we'd scored our spark innumerable rough roughed do done do tufted prepremade plan planned curry favor sight unseen. what delays what membranous, slows thy step. delays? Slows tempts e? What longs tempts. sound. Our here what sparked what clumped what envenoped see what shaped egg tooth take this pillar of flame What lately have thou lately been. Have you now have you lately been pressed pushed in into- joined join Were you yet loved? Candle-flame press forward crowd edge-of- void. You were, as much as we could bear. As much as we could bear. & were you here, yet . voidWe yessed What void-gift gift and more gifted given gifted-one. Thou O, void-kept Thou, thousand-faced child. ness spite spite spite-heavy wring wrung wrung rung thou—doubled-one edge-of-all-things, doubled-one we are borne unto bear us forar bear us ight harry us born We gave much and n more. This too. We gave much & n more.show that what makes word break how bokeHow is that founded Condrial condon has been of all my mito- c ondrial born-to-me gnomon call. Seek plum harry caray . Come to edge edge me sedge scuttle-close born to meKeepest dobling born born . void-rendering torn tear O void tendering rendering thou void-thou tendered thou we had. fleet you would not do not despair voided OR void- we arced every looked bear up bear up borne unto burned freighted bore bowed bowed arced beard to bear bore what do we give, what haven’t we done ablutions O causal cauterized soured blighted bli ly went. went sour what thisTook whatever came our way, praised it turned it over Restless, Bided & restless, we praised whatever came our way—no more. marked eternal forever’s fleetest even pain, only. Eternal thing. hoped being shapeless however indistinct For this, wai, dazed, took what pooled around us. given, though pooled lurched lurching Bit clenched hand and Defied every thing. We tied ribbons Though we tied hurling Stillness, yourbir d Bi d Fit to be tied Notness knotness tied made fleshed darkling, you your voice, why revenant brexit biased bruised kissed and broken. Darkling, mottles, scuttles. Dearth dearest full circle. harbinger,darkling,pool Is Pooling pooling, expansive Pool, expansive heretofore. ing in my ear an expansive dark pool of your voice. Your voice, pooling . part current pools Out voices tied knots time our voices stitched. Dearest, Woundpath, would path’s less clear path lad cler, thorn and gauze. Interminable swifting Cool pool green Diaphanous. Harkening Harkening Tried and again, retired. knots bough our voices stitched knots too bearing bough your voice stitched in me. meant what thoughts cannot meded come to us unmanned torn tears come to this unmended stitch voice-stitch voice stitch fraught heavy What’s possible Sawn sawn so n, diaphanous gauzy and smooth. Smooth progress so deepening pond, spring thaw. rsh of river tidal rish rise Brise breeze brush aside Unsullied Dearest,moment. aside. All-in-all. Muddied -all. beyonder , breast-beating lunged Boasted bested beyond all things. Pulmon Ripened. brined-over shore, deft tufted Stay true. once and twice lodestone, brine-star what celestial, sunk toward sea dimmed sunken dammed-up bulwark harried for thousand-year, under arrest's breath sap pause husked molted molting molt-of mine. leaving molt remnant night-soil calling out part leaving mantled and dismantled spake thy moistened lip. curdled milk skin endings numerous moldy sallow flap of skin tallow sallow choice fickle bunged up fickle plunge furrow fickle alpenglow elemental webbed filament thorough sawn sawed over under fawn dappled filament tough thorough & n some. systole. peach, overripe. overripe too ripe stem too fleshy overripe swerater breast grimace pucker gripe fat word flabby words too-much overripe encumbering sawn hewn cumbered encumbering. unnumbered. Encumbering. dawnings past echo-voice to voice spit have downings un numerable.an echo aching hands. Voices like dawning unnumbered. Unbeknownst bloodbent voicesong furrows furrowed furrows, until til and smoky sky. make it deep. signify—make it bitter almond, Saw sun startled into being. Sorne seen watchTaken up Dearest, we swoon & are brea d Read, we swoon & are to be Read, we take none such liberty Dearest, with us. to darkness. thi r hi r & yon. sea-bound. Blown be padarkness. blankness stilled and held—remain beholden. world’s as st bliver parsed sky & worded and reworded it. All douse past, We do not end here. This cannot be end. Your pulsed as pulsed stillborn word. Dearest, we knew ourselves in or, we thought we knew. Something has taken flight. But we cannot be itus. so we outed ourselves. out of ourselves. parsed out of ourselves. so too stillborn word. of onced wondered underside of grief, b . Systoles. O, grief, you pulsing. there is nothing that is not pulsing. 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I’ll say it plain - I can’t not look at you. Lacks host power ghost power. TBD
If this is what it is to stand for, well, volition. I’ll stand for volition’s TBD.
I’m all in. Make clichés happen. Shipped and re-shipped to I ship cliché.
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distaff of or concerning. [Yes, this is one of those poems.] Reader,
clean slates & new leaves—metaphor galore.
So let’s do this, ‘cuz this excuses everything.
& this excuses everything-time I said
you had bad taste.
& when I fumbled First of all, I really dig beginnings.
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tongue of start of ash or edge of Reader, metaphoric impossibilities.
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Design Handbag and we’ll tell you what poet you are.
Pick your favorite sonnet and we'll tell you if you’re ready to be loved.
Pick your favorite sonnet and we'll tell you if you deserve to be loved.
Ready for love? Check out these sonnets to find out.
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I’ve died when I stop speaking. Am I, the language contour of my being gone.
I find not. disappointment that I will not hear after death. Becomes God. And all that petal-veined trans lineament your tongue lines my death lines me in death. Tongue limns death. Where to go, where to go. Whereda go whereda go teesdees. Shift and recompense.
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Anger. Boredom unabated, barely mitigated. Might could.
Probably boredom unabated. Break brachial, as in eukaryotic and galaxies blah blah blah
I don’t know what to say but I’ll say it:possible motto. Like zoological but not so
where I scribbled days into mindless dreams
of woman who married another man,
of rumors in night and this stale, tiredness
ga red at my eyes. Mary gives me hope.
Imprinted on my computer
During my last trip-up
Liked or fur and it weird vertex assholes
I liked nature askid
This was of course in 80’s
Anyways, every day you learn something new
If only this could not have been cuz
of spite if only for winnows.threat
Spite for sport's sake — raucous…
Untouched leaves of spiteful flail.
Saxon-like, re’s hope yet.
Concessession concession. How’s that for concise?
I am, but nevermind. Mine, awry mine, mine dream-boat
another time, so can you not, Nah.
world—a cocoon. scattered dissonance of our bodies—
larva turning to goo. Let us discard our mandibles
for better wings. Let us spread ourselves wide like iris
Of raven. Let us charge into ourselves with animal courage—
dance now for yourself. Sing now for yourself. world spins
like silk—bloom now for yourself.
Whatever this is has not been
Avowed drosser. What’s this’ what is this is not. This Blunder
Dross drossiest river dream thrilling trill
underside of dross unceasingly. Senselessly.
Dross drossiest underside of dross.
Dross as what was this before and how it benefits you, your ass-face.
Aassface this has not been What wasn’t could not hold Has this been Could this not be Could—
Will, like white boy metaphorical fires, will.
Ruing underside of this commitment.
Unpaced & sully it good.
Unceasingly sully
I will dross by doing, dross whatever dressed like what undiverted
where'd it weren't as gesture false
‘cuz you are with me here
even undeniable even blundering
grapes lees dregs
droozy blunderings drossy is gummy
as only fires will do kept close
wept metaphysical drossy
Oracular fires and eschatological tears.
But what ontological blunder.
It's Full stop.
&&&
Clarity and certainty inapt.
Certain of turn.
Supplant Suffice supplicant mine eyes
This’ll go awry.
Preclude, even.
Can. You. What’s final & o cruise?
& is this the place to get what I’m looking for? (asking for friend)
What’s inappropriate? Do I mind? So be it. / Do I intone? Take what’s set before us. // Falsity. Continuance.
Sundry’s finality is sundry an’s sundry.
We take what is set before us. So what’s now? In reverse. Refocus
Topsy-turvy. Now what’s all flat particulars?
Could you rehash does and re-does.
All-flattening nothing in particular.
A taking-stock, if you will.
A bright thing at the edge of our vision.
Myopic generalization. When holding a bright thing.
We’re uncertain and disputed.
I hope hope evens out.
However, examples cited are interpreted.
Uncertain and disputed.
I saved worms today.
He didn’t try to get away. He wei d my finger on segments no less grim
His worm brain sensed medieval sin:
Dry skin upon his wet skin.
Both only dead and gray in the end.
Today is the day - I declare him to be my friend.
Bleary from sleep and warm water
and no glasses, I spot uncertain comma
crawling on my shower’s corner—
not so unmaggotesque, burrowing
an arabesque of language into the wall.
I don’t know how he got in here—
as naked and damp and holy,
the day he was conceived.
Listen to him and o r weak knees
of my offspring as y drown in ponds,
gurgle in trickling streams that scar
worn-gray map of my brain.
A wheeze,boil, and pop of liquid—
thriving is only brain undone,
Splattered upon the storm cellar’s door.
Once upon a time,
Yet far from ages ago
A man coughs.
He has the world stuck in his throat.
A woman spits
and the world spins freely.
depressives all are inline
all together finally up out of bed and inline.
depressives find lines quite useful
especially parallel ones.
Couplets are notable forms in poems,
because y form parallel lines which do not cross.
Sometimes I am readingstupid poem,
usuallystupid poem written by me but not always,
and wish it would just give up formality.
Formalities are for fruits.
I am under no particular obligation to look appetizing.
Don’t tell me what to do. I’ll turn the lamp on when I feel like it.
I’ll wake my internal colony of fish up when someone tells me
what this damn bead in my stomach has been all my life.
Maybe it's a different type of hunger than lacking food.
Maybe all forms of hunger live in the chest.
Dry mouth, we cross shaggy tundra
swim dark sea of city streets
forest of stars
blue-black skied suburbs,
calling out for what is left for us.
Inspired by televised sensations
we dive into syntax
rip open words of news
reading into what is given
waiting for promised returns.
Maybe we need to redirect our sexual
energies. Eat better. Sleep harder, alone.
Sexual energy needs to be converted to
Spiritual energy and that is the goal of life.
&&&
Right now my hands bleed from pounding
ceiling
Of neighbors who never seem to sleep
Just shout, and break things.
In sun, for some reason
y look happy.
Fighting against
protecting myself
from black and white cultures
flowering feelings
I swam into being
And this never would have happened
But for loss of Bundersnooper’s
Fear, having shielded mumbletwits.
Goals? Subterfuge and sublimations.
Goals...world peace, sex in graveyards, heros openly
Hating mselves.
Isolation cells and homo-erotic mutterings after needle fat with heroin.
Priests whispering while violating dogs in alleys stained with ink blots.
Swim trunks slip from skinny hips.
Eating love wrapped in good thoughts termed bad.
Who are you?
Goals....black angels laughing at preachers spilling mselves from arm chairs.
There is whiskey in coffee and magic in television screen spirals.
want is intestines cut fresh and grilled on open flame underblack flag.
Goals and wayward meditations on red rocks with liberal sensibilities truncated and drowned and
Who are you?
Are you those who cry?
Those who have tears of heaven
rip through ir lids and fall
like daggers on world
below
I am here,
lost wind drifting
Away
Away
Away
Bee Movie Script - Dialogue Transcript
According to all known laws
of aviation,
there is no way bee
should be able to fly.
Its wings are too small to get
its fat little body off the ground.
The bee, of course, flies anyway
because bees don't care
what humans think is impossible.
Yellow, black. Yellow, black.
Yellow, black. Yellow, black.
Ooh, black and yellow!
Let's shake it up a little.
Barry! Breakfast is ready!
Ooming!
Hang on second.
Hello?
- Barry?
- Adam?
- Oan you believe this is happening?
- I can't. I'll pick you up.
Looking sharp.
Use stairs. Your father
paid good money for those.
Sorry. I'm excited.
Here's my graduation.
We're very proud of you, son.
A perfect report card, all B's.
Very proud.
Ma! I got thing going here.
- You got lint on your fuzz.
- Ow! That's me!
- Wave to us! We'll be in row 118,000.
- Bye!
Barry, I told you,
stop flying in the house!
- Hey, Adam.
- Hey, Barry.
- Is that fuzz gel?
- little. Special day, graduation.
Never thought I'd make it.
Three days grade school,
three days of high school.
Those were awkward.
Three days of college. I'm glad I took
a day and hitchhiked around the hive.
You did come back different.
- Hi, Barry.
- Artie, growing a mustache? Looks good.
- Hear about Frankie?
- Yeah.
- Are you going to a funeral?
- No, I'm not going.
Everybody knows,
sting someone, you die.
Don't waste it on squirrels.
Such a hothead.
I guess he could have
just gotten out of the way.
I love this incorporating
an amusement park into our day.
That's why we don't need vacations.
Boy, quite a bit of pomp...
under circumstances.
- Well, Adam, today we are men.
- We are!
- Bee-men.
- Amen!
Hallelujah!
Students, faculty, distinguished bees,
Please welcome Dean Buzzwell.
Welcome, New Hive City
graduating class of...
...9:15.
That concludes our ceremonies.
And begins your career
at Honex Industries!
Will we pick our job today?
I heard it's just orientation.
Heads up! Here we go.
Keep your hands and antennas
inside tram at all times.
- Wonder what it'll be like?
- A little scary.
Welcome to Honex,
a division of Honesco
and part of Hexagon Group.
This is it!
Wow.
Wow.
We know that you, as bee,
have worked your whole life
to get to point where you
can work for your whole life.
Honey begins when our valiant Pollen
Jocks bring nectar to hive.
Our top-secret formula
is automatically color-corrected,
scent-adjusted and bubble-contoured
into this soothing sweet syrup
with its distinctive
golden glow you know as...
Honey!
- That girl was hot.
- She's my cousin!
- She is?
- Yes, we're all cousins.
- Right. You're right.
- At Honex, we constantly strive
to improve every aspect
of bee existence.
These bees are stress-testing
a new helmet technology.
- What do you think he makes?
- Not enough.
Here we have our latest advancement,
the Krelman.
- What does that do?
- Patches that little strand of honey
that hangs after you pour it.
Saves us millions.
Oan anyone work on Krelman?
Of course. Most bee jobs are
small ones. But bees know
that every small job,
if it's done well, it means a lot.
But choose carefully
because you'll stay in job
you pick for the rest of your life.
The same job for the rest of your life?
I didn't know that.
What's the difference?
You'll be happy to know that bees,
as species, haven't had one day off
in 27 million years.
So you'll just work us to death?
We'll surely try.
Wow! That blew my mind!
"What's the difference?"
How can you say that?
One job forever?
That's an insane choice to have to make.
I'm relieved. Now we only have
to make one decision in life.
But, Adam, how could they
never have told us that?
Why would you question anything?
We're bees.
We're most perfectly
functioning society on Earth.
You ever think maybe things
work a little too well here?
Like what? Give me one example.
I don't know. But you know
what I'm talking about.
Please clear the gate.
Royal Nectar Force on approach.
Wait a second. Check it out.
- Hey, those are Pollen Jocks!
- Wow.
I've never seen them this close.
They know what it's like
outside the hive.
Yeah, but some don't come back.
- Hey, Jocks!
- Hi, Jocks!
You guys did great!
You're monsters!
You're sky freaks! I love it! I love it!
- I wonder where they were.
- I don't know.
Their day's not planned.
Outside hive, flying who knows
where, doing who knows what.
You can't just decide to be Pollen
Jock. You have to be bred for that.
Right.
Look. That's more pollen
than you and I will see in lifetime.
It's just a status symbol.
Bees make too much of it.
Perhaps. Unless you're wearing it
and ladies see you wearing it.
Those ladies?
Aren't they our cousins too?
Distant. Distant.
Look at these two.
- Couple of Hive Harrys.
- Let's have fun with them.
It must be dangerous
being Pollen Jock.
Yeah. Once bear pinned me
against mushrooms!
He had paw on my throat,
and with others, he was slapping me!
- Oh, my!
- I never thought I'd knock him out.
What were you doing during this?
Trying to alert authorities.
I can autograph that.
A little gusty out there today,
wasn't it, comrades?
Yeah. Gusty.
We're hitting sunflower patch
six miles from here tomorrow.
- Six miles, huh?
- Barry!
A puddle jump for us,
but maybe you're not up for it.
- Maybe I am.
- You are not!
We're going 0900 at J-Gate.
What do you think, buzzy-boy?
Are you enough?
I might be. It all depends
on what 0900 means.
Hey, Honex!
Dad, you surprised me.
You decide what you're interested in?
- Well, there's a lot of choices.
- But you only get one.
Do you ever get bored
doing the same job every day?
Son, let me tell you about stirring.
You grab that stick, and you just
move it around, and you stir it around.
You get yourself into rhythm.
It's a beautiful thing.
You know, Dad,
the more I think about it,
maybe honey field
just isn't right for me.
You were thinking of what,
making balloon animals?
That's bad job
for a guy with a stinger.
Janet, your son's not sure
He wants to go into honey!
- Barry, you are so funny sometimes.
- I'm not trying to be funny.
You're not funny! You're going
into honey. Our son, stirrer!
- You're gonna be stirrer?
- No one's listening to me!
Wait till you see the sticks I have.
I could say anything right now.
I'm gonna get an ant tattoo!
Let's open some honey and celebrate!
Maybe I'll pierce my thorax.
Shave my antennae.
Shack up with a grasshopper. Get
a gold tooth and call everybody "dawg"!
I'm so proud.
- We're starting work today!
- Today's day.
Come on! All good jobs
will be gone.
Yeah, right.
Pollen counting, stunt bee, pouring,
stirrer, front desk, hair removal...
- Is it still available?
- Hang on. Two left!
One of them's yours! Congratulations!
Step to side.
- What'd you get?
- Picking crud out. Stellar!
Wow!
Couple of newbies?
Yes, sir! Our first day! We are ready!
Make your choice.
- You want to go first?
- No, you go.
Oh, my. What's available?
Restroom attendant's open,
not for reason you think.
- Any chance of getting Krelman?
- Sure, you're on.
I'm sorry, Krelman just closed out.
Wax monkey's always open.
The Krelman opened up again.
What happened?
A bee died. Make an opening. See?
He's dead. Another dead one.
Deady. Deadified. Two more dead.
Dead from neck up.
Dead from neck down. That's life!
Oh, this is so hard!
Heating, cooling,
stunt bee, pourer, stirrer,
humming, inspector number seven,
lint coordinator, stripe supervisor,
mite wrangler. Barry, what
Do you think I should... Barry?
Barry!
All right, we've got sunflower patch
in quadrant nine...
What happened to you?
Where are you?
- I'm going out.
- Out? Out where?
- Out there.
- Oh, no!
I have to, before I go
to work for the rest of my life.
You're gonna die! You're crazy! Hello?
Another call coming in.
If anyone's feeling brave,
there's Korean deli on 83rd
that gets their roses today.
Hey, guys.
- Look at that.
- Isn't that kid we saw yesterday?
Hold it, son, flight deck restricted.
It's OK, Lou. We're gonna take him up.
Really? Feeling lucky, are you?
Sign here, here. Just initial that.
- Thank you.
- OK.
You got rain advisory today,
and as you all know,
bees cannot fly in rain.
So be careful. As always,
watch your brooms,
hockey sticks, dogs,
birds, bears and bats.
Also, I got couple of reports
of root beer being poured on us.
Murphy's in home because of it,
babbling like a cicada!
- That's awful.
- And reminder for you rookies,
bee law number one,
absolutely no talking to humans!
All right, launch positions!
Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz! Buzz, buzz,
buzz, buzz! Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz!
Black and yellow!
Hello!
Are you ready for this hot shot?
Yeah. Yeah, bring it on.
Wind, check.
- Antennae, check.
- Nectar pack, check.
- Wings, check.
- Stinger, check.
Scared out of my shorts, check.
OK, ladies,
let's move it out!
Pound those petunias,
you striped stem-suckers!
All of you, drain those flowers!
Wow! I'm out!
I can't believe I'm out!
So blue.
I feel so fast and free!
Box kite!
Wow!
Flowers!
This is Blue Leader.
We have roses visually.
Bring it around 30 degrees and hold.
Roses!
30 degrees, roger. Bringing it around.
Stand to the side, kid.
It's got a bit of a kick.
That is one nectar collector!
- Ever see pollination up close?
- No, sir.
I pick up some pollen here, sprinkle it
over here. Maybe dash over there,
a pinch on that one.
See that? It's a little bit of magic.
That's amazing. Why do we do that?
That's pollen power. More pollen, more
flowers, more nectar, more honey for us.
Oool.
I'm picking up a lot of bright yellow.
Would be daisies. Don't we need those?
Oopy that visual.
Wait. One of these flowers
seems to be on the move.
Say again? You're reporting
a moving flower?
Affirmative.
That was online!
This is the coolest. What is it?
I don't know, but I'm loving this color.
It smells good.
Not like flowers, but I like them.
Yeah, fuzzy.
Chemical-y.
Oareful, guys. It's a little grabby.
My sweet lord of bees!
Oandy-brain, get off there!
Problem!
- Guys!
- This could be bad.
Affirmative.
Very close.
Gonna hurt.
Mama's little boy.
You are way out of position, rookie!
Rooming in at you like a missile!
Help me!
I don't think these are flowers.
- Should we tell him?
- I think he knows.
What is this?!
Match point!
You can start packing up, honey,
because you're about to eat it!
Yowser!
Gross.
There's a bee in the car!
- Do something!
- I'm driving!
- Hi, bee.
- He's back here!
He's going to sting me!
Nobody moved. If you don't move,
he won't sting you. Freeze!
He blinked!
Spray him, Granny!
What are you doing?!
Wow... tension level
out here is unbelievable.
I gotta get home.
Oan't fly in the rain.
Oan't fly in the rain.
Oan't fly in the rain.
Mayday! Mayday! Bee going down!
Ken, could you close
the window please?
Ken, could you close
the window please?
Check out my new resume.
I made it into a fold-out brochure.
You see? Folds out.
Oh, no. More humans. I don't need this.
What was that?
Maybe this time. This time. This time.
This time! This time! This...
Drapes!
That is diabolical.
It's fantastic. It's got all my special
skills, even my top-ten favorite movies.
What's number one? Star Wars?
Nah, I don't go for that...
...kind of stuff.
No wonder we shouldn't talk to them.
They're out of their minds.
When I leave job interview, they're
flabbergasted, can't believe what I say.
There's sun. Maybe that's the way out.
I don't remember sun
having a big 75 on it.
I predicted global warming.
I could feel it getting hotter.
At first I thought it was just me.
Wait! Stop! Bee!
Stand back. These are winter boots.
Wait!
Don't kill him!
You know I'm allergic to them!
This thing could kill me!
Why does his life have
less value than yours?
Why does his life have any less value
than mine? Is that your statement?
I'm just saying all life has value. You
don't know what he's capable of feeling.
My brochure!
There you go, little guy.
I'm not scared of him.
It's an allergic thing.
Put that on your resume brochure.
My whole face could puff up.
Make it one of your special skills.
Knocking someone out
is also a special skill.
Right. Bye, Vanessa. Thanks.
- Vanessa, next week? Yogurt night?
- Sure, Ken. You know, whatever.
- You could put carob chips on there.
- Bye.
- Supposed to be less calories.
- Bye.
I gotta say something.
She saved my life.
I gotta say something.
All right, here it goes.
Nah.
What would I say?
I could really get in trouble.
It's bee law.
You're not supposed to talk to humans.
I can't believe I'm doing this.
I've got to.
Oh, I can't do it. Come on!
No. Yes. No.
Do it. I can't.
How should I start?
"You like jazz?" No, that's no good.
Here she comes! Speak, you fool!
Hi!
I'm sorry.
- You're talking.
- Yes, I know.
You're talking!
I'm so sorry.
No, it's OK. It's fine.
I know I'm dreaming.
But I don't recall going to bed.
Well, I'm sure this
is very disconcerting.
This is a bit of a surprise to me.
I mean, you're a bee!
I am. And I'm not supposed
to be doing this,
but they were all trying to kill me.
And if it wasn't for you...
I had to thank you.
It's just how I was raised.
That was little weird.
- I'm talking with a bee.
- Yeah.
I'm talking to bees.
And bees are talking to me!
I just want to say I'm grateful.
I'll leave now.
- Wait! How did you learn to do that?
- What?
The talking thing.
Same way you did, I guess.
"Mama, Dada, honey." You pick it up.
- That's very funny.
- Yeah.
Bees are funny. If we didn't laugh,
we'd cry with what we have to deal with.
Anyway...
Oan I...
...get you something?
- Like what?
I don't know. I mean...
I don't know. Coffee?
I don't want to put you out.
It's no trouble. It takes two minutes.
- It's just coffee.
- I hate to impose.
- Don't be ridiculous!
- Actually, I would love a cup.
Hey, you want rum cake?
- I shouldn't.
- Have some.
- No, I can't.
- Come on!
I'm trying to lose couple micrograms.
- Where?
- These stripes don't help.
You look great!
I don't know if you know
anything about fashion.
Are you all right?
No.
He's making tie in cab
as they're flying up Madison.
He finally gets there.
He runs up steps into church.
The wedding is on.
And he says, "Watermelon?
I thought you said Guatemalan.
Why would I marry watermelon?"
Is that a joke?
That's the kind of stuff we do.
Yeah, different.
So, what are you gonna do, Barry?
About work? I don't know.
I want to do my part for hive,
but I can't do it the way they want.
I know how you feel.
- You do?
- Sure.
My parents wanted me to be lawyer or
a doctor, but I wanted to be florist.
- Really?
- My only interest is flowers.
Our new queen was just elected
with that same campaign slogan.
Anyway, if you look...
There's my hive right there. See it?
You're in Sheep Meadow!
Yes! I'm right off Turtle Pond!
No way! I know that area.
I lost toe ring there once.
- Why do girls put rings on their toes?
- Why not?
- It's like putting a hat on your knee.
- Maybe I'll try that.
- You all right, ma'am?
- Oh, yeah. Fine.
Just having two cups of coffee!
Anyway, this has been great.
Thanks for coffee.
Yeah, it's no trouble.
Sorry I couldn't finish it. If I did,
I'd be up for the rest of my life.
Are you...?
Can I take a piece of this with me?
Sure! Here, have crumb.
- Thanks!
- Yeah.
All right. Well, then...
I guess I'll see you around.
Or not.
OK, Barry.
And thank you
so much again... for before.
Oh, that? That was nothing.
Well, not nothing, but... Anyway...
This can't possibly work.
He's all set to go.
We may as well try it.
OK, Dave, pull chute.
- Sounds amazing.
- It was amazing!
It was scariest,
happiest moment of my life.
Humans! I can't believe
you were with humans!
Giant, scary humans!
What were they like?
Huge and crazy. They talk crazy.
They eat crazy giant things.
They drive crazy.
- Do they try to kill you, like on TV?
- Some of them. But some of them don't.
- How'd you get back?
- Poodle.
You did it, and I'm glad. You saw
whatever you wanted to see.
You had your "experience." Now you
can pick out your job and be normal.
- Well...
- Well?
Well, I met someone.
You did? Was she Bee-ish?
- wasp?! Your parents will kill you!
- No, no, no, not wasp.
- Spider?
- I'm not attracted to spiders.
I know it's hottest thing,
with eight legs and all.
I can't get by that face.
So who is she?
She's... human.
No, no. That's bee law.
You wouldn't break bee law.
- Her name's Vanessa.
- Oh, boy.
She's so nice. And she's a florist!
Oh, no! You're dating a human florist!
We're not dating.
You're flying outside hive, talking
to humans that attack our homes
with power washers and M-80s!
One-eighth stick of dynamite!
She saved my life!
And she understands me.
This is over!
Eat this.
This is not over! What was that?
- They call it crumb.
- It was so stingin' stripey!
And that's not what they eat.
That's what falls off what they eat!
- You know what Oinnabon is?
- No.
It's bread and cinnamon and frosting.
They heat it up...
Sit down!
...really hot!
- Listen to me!
We are not them! We're us.
There's us and there's them!
Yes, but who can deny
the heart that is yearning?
There's no yearning.
Stop yearning. Listen to me!
You have got to start thinking bee,
my friend. Thinking bee!
- Thinking bee.
- Thinking bee.
Thinking bee! Thinking bee!
Thinking bee! Thinking bee!
There he is. He's in the pool.
You know what your problem is, Barry?
I gotta start thinking bee?
How much longer will this go on?
It's been three days!
Why aren't you working?
I've got lot of big life decisions
to think about.
What life? You have no life!
You have no job. You're barely bee!
Would it kill you
to make little honey?
Barry, come out.
Your father's talking to you.
Martin, would you talk to him?
Barry, I'm talking to you!
You coming?
Got everything?
All set!
Go ahead. I'll catch up.
Don't be too long.
Watch this!
Vanessa!
- We're still here.
- I told you not to yell at him.
He doesn't respond to yelling!
- Then why yell at me?
- Because you don't listen!
I'm not listening to this.
Sorry, I've gotta go.
- Where are you going?
- I'm meeting a friend.
A girl? Is this why you can't decide?
Bye.
I just hope she's Bee-ish.
They have huge parade
of flowers every year in Pasadena?
To be in Tournament of Roses,
That's every florist's dream!
Up on float, surrounded
by flowers, crowds cheering.
A tournament. Do roses
compete in athletic events?
No. All right, I've got one.
How come you don't fly everywhere?
It's exhausting. Why don't you
run everywhere? It's faster.
Yeah, OK, I see, I see.
All right, your turn.
TiVo. You can just freeze live TV?
That's insane!
You don't have that?
We have Hivo, but it's a disease.
It's a horrible, horrible disease.
Oh, my.
Dumb bees!
You must want to sting all those jerks.
We try not to sting.
It's usually fatal for us.
So you have to watch your temper.
Very carefully.
You kick wall, take walk,
write an angry letter and throw it out.
Work through it like any emotion:
Anger, jealousy, lust.
Oh, my goodness! Are you OK?
Yeah.
- What is wrong with you?!
- It's a bug.
He's not bothering anybody.
Get out of here, you creep!
What was that? Pic 'N' Save circular?
Yeah, it was. How did you know?
It felt like about 10 pages.
Seventy-five is pretty much our limit.
You've really got that
down to science.
- I lost a cousin to Italian Vogue.
- I'll bet.
What in name
of Mighty Hercules is this?
How did this get here?
Oute Bee, Golden Blossom,
Ray Liotta Private Select?
- Is he that actor?
- I never heard of him.
- Why is this here?
- For people. We eat it.
You don't have
enough food of your own?
- Well, yes.
- How do you get it?
- Bees make it.
- I know who makes it!
And it's hard to make it!
There's heating, cooling, and stirring.
You need the whole Krelman thing!
- It's organic.
- It's our-ganic!
It's just honey, Barry.
Just what?!
Bees don't know about this!
This is stealing! a lot of stealing!
You've taken our homes, schools,
hospitals! This is all we have!
And it's on sale?!
I'm getting to the bottom of this.
I'm getting to bottom
of all of this!
Hey, Hector.
- Are you almost done?
- Almost.
He is here. I sense it.
Well, I guess I'll go home now
and just leave this nice honey out,
with no one around.
You're busted, box boy!
I knew I heard something.
So you can talk!
I can talk.
And now you'll start talking!
Where are you getting sweet stuff?
Who's your supplier?
I don't understand.
I thought we were friends.
The last thing we want
to upset bees!
You're too late! It's ours now!
You, sir, have crossed
the wrong sword!
You, sir, will be lunch
for my iguana, Ignacio!
Where is honey coming from?
Tell me where!
Honey Farms! It comes from Honey Farms!
Crazy person!
What horrible thing has happened here?
These faces, they never knew
what hit them. And now
they're on the road to nowhere!
Just keep still.
What? You're not dead?
Do I look dead? They will wipe anything
that moves. Where are you headed?
To Honey Farms.
I am onto something huge here.
I'm going to Alaska. Moose blood,
crazy stuff. Blow your head off!
I'm going to Tacoma.
- And you?
- He really is dead.
All right.
Uh-oh!
- What is that?!
- Oh, no!
- wiper! Triple blade!
- Triple blade?
Jump on! It's your only chance, bee!
Why does everything have
to be so doggone clean?!
How much do you people need to see?!
Open your eyes!
Stick your head out the window!
From NPR News in Washington,
I'm Carl Kasell.
But don't kill any more bugs!
- Bee!
- Moose blood guy!!
- You hear something?
- Like what?
Like tiny screams.
Turn off the radio.
Whassup, bee boy?
Hey, Blood.
Just row of honey jars,
as far as the eye could see.
Wow!
I assume wherever this truck goes
is where they're getting it.
I mean, that honey's ours.
- Bees hang tight.
- We're all jammed in.
It's a close community.
Not us, man. We are on our own.
Every mosquito on his own.
- What if you get in trouble?
- You mosquito, you are in trouble.
Nobody likes us. They just smack.
See mosquito, smack, smack!
At least you're out in the world.
You must meet girls.
Mosquito girls try to trade up,
get with a moth, dragonfly.
Mosquito girls don't want no mosquitoes.
You gotta be kidding me!
Moose Blood Is about to leave
the building! So long, bee!
- Hey, guys!
- Moose Blood!
I knew I'd catch y'all down here.
Did you bring your crazy straw?
We throw it in jars, slap label on it,
and it's pretty much pure profit.
What is this place?
A bee's got brain
the size of a pinhead.
They are pinheads!
Pinhead.
- Check out a new smoker.
- Oh, sweet. That's one you want.
The Thomas 3000!
Smoker?
Ninety puffs minute, semi-automatic.
Twice nicotine, all tar.
A couple breaths of this
knocks them right out.
They make honey,
and we make money.
"They make honey,
and we make money"?
Oh, my!
What's going on? Are you OK?
Yeah. It doesn't last too long.
Do you know you're
in a fake hive with fake walls?
Our queen was moved here.
We had no choice.
This is your queen?
That's a man in women's clothes!
That's drag queen!
What is this?
Oh, no!
There's hundreds of them!
Bee honey.
Our honey is being brazenly stolen
on a massive scale!
This is worse than anything bears
have done! I intend to do something.
Oh, Barry, stop.
Who told you humans are taking
our honey? That's a rumor.
Do these look like rumors?
That's a conspiracy theory.
These are obviously doctored photos.
How did you get mixed up in this?
He's been talking to humans.
- What?
- Talking to humans?!
He has a human girlfriend.
And they make out!
Make out? Barry!
We do not.
- You wish you could.
- Whose side are you on?
The bees!
I dated cricket once in San Antonio.
Those crazy legs kept me up all night.
Barry, this is what you want
to do with your life?
I want to do it for all of our lives.
Nobody works harder than bees!
Dad, I remember you
coming home so overworked
your hands were still stirring.
You couldn't stop.
I remember that.
What right do they have to our honey?
We live on two cups a year. They put it
in lip balm for no reason whatsoever!
Even if it's true, what can one bee do?
Sting them where it really hurts.
In fact! eye!
- That would hurt.
- No.
Up your nose? That's killer.
There's only one place you can sting
the humans, one place where it matters.
Hive at Five, hive's only
full-hour action news source.
No more bee beards!
With Bob Bumble at the anchor desk.
Weather with Storm Stinger.
Sports with Buzz Larvi.
And Jeanette Ohung.
- Good evening. I'm Bob Bumble.
- And I'm Jeanette Ohung.
A tri-county bee, Barry Benson,
intends to sue human race
for stealing our honey,
packaging it and profiting
from it illegally!
Tomorrow night on Bee Larry King,
we'll have three former queens here in
our studio, discussing their new book,
Classy Ladies,
out this week on Hexagon.
Tonight we're talking to Barry Benson.
Did you ever think, "I'm kid
from the hive. I can't do this"?
Bees have never been afraid
to change the world.
What about Bee Columbus?
Bee Gandhi? Bejesus?
Where I'm from, we'd never sue humans.
We were thinking
of stickball or candy stores.
How old are you?
The bee community
is supporting you in this case,
which will be trial
of the bee century.
You know, they have Larry King
in the human world too.
It's a common name. Next week...
He looks like you and has show
and suspenders and colored dots...
Next week...
Glasses, quotes on bottom from the
guest even though you just heard 'em.
Bear Week next week!
They're scary, hairy and here live.
Always leans forward, pointy shoulders,
squinty eyes, very Jewish.
In tennis, you attack
at a point of weakness!
It was my grandmother, Ken. She's 81.
Honey, her backhand's joke!
I'm not gonna take advantage of that?
Quiet, please.
Actual work going on here.
- Is that that same bee?
- Yes, it is!
I'm helping him sue human race.
- Hello.
- Hello, bee.
This is Ken.
Yeah, I remember you. Timberland, size
ten and half. Vibram sole, I believe.
Why does he talk again?
Listen, you better go
'cause we're really busy working.
But it's our yogurt night!
Bye-bye.
Why is yogurt night so difficult?!
You poor thing.
You two have been at this for hours!
Yes, and Adam here
has been huge help.
- Frosting...
- How many sugars?
Just one. I try not
to use competition.
So why are you helping me?
Bees have good qualities.
And it takes my mind off shop.
Instead of flowers, people
are giving balloon bouquets now.
Those are great, if you're three.
And artificial flowers.
- Oh, those just get me psychotic!
- Yeah, me too.
Bent stingers, pointless pollination.
Bees must hate those fake things!
Nothing worse
than daffodils that had work done.
Maybe this could make up
for it little bit.
- This lawsuit's pretty big deal.
- I guess.
Are you sure you want to go through with it?
Am I sure? When I'm done with
the humans, they won't be able
to say, "Honey, I'm home,"
without paying royalty!
It's an incredible scene
here in downtown Manhattan,
where world anxiously waits,
because for first time in history,
we will hear for ourselves
if honeybees can actually speak.
What have we gotten into here, Barry?
It's pretty big, isn't it?
I can't believe how many humans
don't work during the day.
You think billion-dollar multinational
Do food companies have good lawyers?
Everybody needs to stay
behind barricade.
- What's the matter?
- I don't know, I just got chills.
Well, if it isn't a bee team.
You boys work on this?
All rise! Honorable
Judge Bumbleton presiding.
All right. Oase number 4475,
Superior Court of New York,
Barry Bee Benson v. Honey Industry
is now in session.
Mr. Montgomery, you're representing
the five food companies collectively?
A privilege.
Mr. Benson... you're representing
all bees of the world?
I'm kidding. Yes, Your Honor,
we're ready to proceed.
Mr. Montgomery,
your opening statement, please.
Ladies and gentlemen of jury,
My grandmother was a simple woman.
Born on farm, she believed
it was man's divine right
to benefit from bounty
of nature God put before us.
If we lived in topsy-turvy world
Mr. Benson imagines,
just think of what it would mean.
I would have to negotiate
with silkworm
for elastic in my britches!
Talking bee!
How do we know this isn't some sort of
holographic motion-picture-capture
Hollywood wizardry?
They could be using laser beams!
Robotics! Ventriloquism!
Oloning! For all we know,
he could be on steroids!
Mr. Benson?
Ladies and gentlemen,
There's no trickery here.
I'm just an ordinary bee.
Honey's pretty important to me.
It's important to all bees.
We invented it!
We make it. And we protect it
with our lives.
Unfortunately, there are
some people in this room
who think they can take it from us
'cause we're little guys!
I'm hoping that, after this is all over,
you'll see how, by taking our honey,
you not only take everything we have
but everything we are!
I wish he'd dress like that
all the time. So nice!
All your first witness.
So, Mr. Klauss Vanderhayden
of Honey Farms, a big company you have.
I suppose so.
I see you also own
Honey Burton and Honron!
Yes, they provide beekeepers
for our farms.
Beekeeper. I find that
to be a very disturbing term.
I don't imagine you employ
any bee-free-ers, do you?
- No.
- I couldn't hear you.
- No.
- No.
Because you don't free bees.
You keep bees. Not only that,
it seems you thought bear would be
an appropriate image for a jar of honey.
They're very lovable creatures.
Yogi Bear, Fozzie Bear, Build-A-Bear.
You mean like this?
Bears kill bees!
How'd you like his head crashing
through your living room?!
Biting into your couch!
Spitting out your throw pillows!
OK, that's enough. Take him away.
So, Mr. Sting, thank you for being here.
Your name intrigues me.
- Where have I heard it before?
- I was with a band called Police.
But you've never been
a police officer, have you?
No, I haven't.
No, you haven't. And so here
we have yet another example
of bee culture casually
stolen by human
for nothing more than
a prance-about stage name.
Oh, please.
Have you ever been stung, Mr. Sting?
Because I'm feeling
a little stung, Sting.
Or should I say... Mr. Gordon M. Sumner!
That's not his real name?! You idiots!
Mr. Liotta, first,
belated congratulations on
your Emmy win for guest spot
in ER in 2005.
Thank you. Thank you.
I see from your resume
that you're devilishly handsome
with churning inner turmoil
that's ready to blow.
I enjoy what I do. Is that a crime?
Not yet it isn't. But is this
What has it come to you?
Exploiting tiny, helpless bees
so you don't
have to rehearse
your part and learn your lines, sir?
Watch it, Benson!
I could blow right now!
This isn't goodfella.
This is badfella!
Why doesn't someone just step on
this creep, and we can all go home?!
- Order in this court!
- You're all thinking about it!
Order! Order, I say!
- Say it!
- Mr. Liotta, please sit down!
I think it was awfully nice
of that bear to pitch in like that.
I think the jury's on our side.
Are we doing everything right, legally?
I'm a florist.
Right. Well, here's a great team.
To a great team!
Well, hello.
- Ken!
- Hello.
I didn't think you were coming.
No, I was just late.
I tried to call, but... battery.
I didn't want all this to go to waste,
so I called Barry. Luckily, he was free.
Oh, that was lucky.
There's little left.
I could heat it up.
Yeah, heat it up, sure, whatever.
So I hear you're quite a tennis player.
I'm not much for games myself.
The ball's a little grabby.
That's where I usually sit.
Right... there.
Ken, Barry was looking at your resume,
and he agreed with me that eating with
chopsticks aren't really a special skill.
You think I don't see what you're doing?
I know how hard it is to find
the rightjob. We have that in common.
Do we?
Bees have 100 percent employment,
but we do jobs like taking crud out.
That's just what
I was thinking about doing.
Ken, I let Barry borrow your razor
for his fuzz. I hope that was all right.
I'm going to drain the old stinger.
Yeah, you do that.
Look at that.
You know, I've just about had it
with your little mind games.
- What's that?
- Italian Vogue.
Mamma mia, that's a lot of pages.
A lot of ads.
Remember what Van said, why is
Is your life more valuable than mine?
Funny, I just can't seem to recall that!
I think something stinks here!
I love the smell of flowers.
How do you like the smell of flames?!
Not as much.
Water bug! Not taking sides!
Ken, I'm wearing a Chapstick hat!
This is pathetic!
I've got issues!
Well, well, well, royal flush!
- You're bluffing.
- Am I?
Surf's up, dude!
Poo water!
That bowl is gnarly.
Except for those dirty yellow rings!
Kenneth! What are you doing?!
You know, I don't even like honey!
I don't eat it!
We need to talk!
He's just a little bee!
And he happens to be
the nicest bee I've met in a long time!
Long time? What are you talking about?!
Are there other bugs in your life?
No, but there are other things bugging
me in life. And you're one of them!
Fine! Talking bees, no yogurt night...
My nerves are fried from riding
on this emotional roller coaster!
Goodbye, Ken.
And for your information,
I prefer sugar-free, artificial
sweeteners made by man!
I'm sorry about all that.
I know it's got
an aftertaste! I like it!
I always felt there was some kind
of the barrier between Ken and me.
I couldn't overcome it.
Oh, well.
Are you OK for trial?
I believe Mr. Montgomery
is about out of ideas.
We would like to call
Mr. Barry Benson Bee to stand.
Good idea! You can really see why he's
considered one of the best lawyers...
Yeah.
Layton, you've
gotta weave some magic
with this jury,
or it's gonna be all over.
Don't worry. only thing I have
to do to turn this jury around
is to remind them
of what they don't like about bees.
- You got tweezers?
- Are you allergic?
Only to lose, son. Only to lose.
Mr. Benson Bee, I'll ask you
what I think we'd all like to know.
What exactly is your relationship
to that woman?
We're friends.
- Good friends?
- Yes.
How good? Do you live together?
Wait a minute...
Are you her little...
...bedbug?
I've seen a bee documentary or two.
From what I understand,
doesn't your queen give birth
to all bee children?
- Yeah, but...
- So those aren't your real parents!
- Oh, Barry...
- Yes, they are!
Hold me back!
You're an illegitimate bee,
aren't you, Benson?
He's denouncing bees!
Don't y'all date your cousins?
- Objection!
- I'm going to pincushion this guy!
Adam, don't! It's what he wants!
Oh, I'm hit!!
Oh, lordy, I am hit!
Order! Order!
The venom! venom
is coursing through my veins!
I have been felled
by a winged beast of destruction!
You see? You can't treat them
like equals! They're striped savages!
Stinging only thing
they know! It's their way!
- Adam, stay with me.
- I can't feel my legs.
What angel of mercy
will come forward to suck poison
from my heaving buttocks?
I will have order in this court. Order!
Order, please!
The case of honeybees
versus human race
took pointed turn against bees
yesterday when one of their legal
team stung Layton T. Montgomery.
- Hey, buddy.
- Hey.
- Is there much pain?
- Yeah.
I...
I blew the whole case, didn't I?
It doesn't matter. What matters is
you're alive. You could have died.
I'd be better off dead. Look at me.
They got it from cafeteria
downstairs, in a tuna sandwich.
Look, there's
a little celery still on it.
What was it like to sting someone?
I can't explain it. That was all...
All adrenaline and then...
and then ecstasy!
All right.
You think it was all a trap?
Of course. I'm sorry.
I flew us right into this.
What were we thinking? Look at us. We're
just a couple of bugs in this world.
What will humans do to us
if they win?
I don't know.
I hear they put roaches in motels.
That doesn't sound so bad.
Adam, they check in,
but they don't check out!
Oh, my.
Would you get nurse
to close that window?
- Why?
- smoke.
Bees don't smoke.
Right. Bees don't smoke.
Bees don't smoke!
But some bees are smoking.
That's it! That's our case!
It is? It's not over?
Get dressed. I've gotta go somewhere.
Get back to court and stall.
Stall any way you can.
And assuming you've done the steps correctly, you're ready for the tub.
Mr. Flayman.
Yes? Yes, Your Honor!
Where is the rest of your team?
Well, Your Honor, it's interesting.
Bees are trained to fly haphazardly,
and as result,
We didn't have a very good time.
I actually heard a funny story about...
Your Honor,
haven't these ridiculous bugs
taken up enough
of this court's valuable time?
How much longer will we allow
these absurd shenanigans to go on?
They have presented no compelling
evidence to support their charges
against my clients,
who run legitimate businesses.
I move for complete dismissal
of this entire case!
Mr. Flayman, I'm afraid I'm going
to have to consider
Mr. Montgomery's motion.
But you can't! We have a terrific case.
Where is your proof?
Where is the evidence?
Show me a smoking gun!
Hold it, Your Honor!
You want a smoking gun?
Here is your smoking gun.
What is that?
I'm a bee smoker!
What, this?
This harmless little contraption?
This couldn't hurt fly,
let alone bees.
Look at what has happened
to bees who have never been asked,
"Smoking or none?"
Is this what nature intended for us?
To be forcibly addicted
to smoke machines
and man-made wooden slat work camps?
Living out our lives as honey slaves
to white man?
- What are we gonna do?
- He's playing a specific card.
Ladies and gentlemen, please,
free these bees!
Free bees! Free bees!
Free bees!
Free bees! Free bees!
The court finds in favor of bees!
Vanessa, we won!
I knew you could do it! High-five!
Sorry.
I'm OK! You know what this means?
All honey
will finally belong to bees.
Now we won't have
to work so hard all the time.
This is an unholy perversion
of the balance of nature, Benson.
You'll regret this.
Barry, how much honey is out there?
All right. One at a time.
Barry, who are you wearing?
My sweater is Ralph Lauren,
and I have no pants.
- What if Montgomery's right?
- What do you mean?
We've been living bee way
a long time, 27 million years.
Congratulations on your victory.
What will you demand as settlement?
First, we'll demand complete shutdown
of all bee work camps.
Then we want back honey
that was ours to begin with,
every last drop.
We demand an end to glorification
of bear as anything more
than filthy, smelly,
bad-breath stink machine.
We're all aware
of what they do in the woods.
Wait for my signal.
Take him out.
He'll have nauseous
for a few hours, then he'll be fine.
And we will no longer tolerate
bee-negative nicknames...
But it's just prance-about stage name!
...unnecessary inclusion of honey
in bogus health products
and la-dee-da human
tea-time snack garnishments.
Can't breathe.
Bring it in, boys!
Hold it right there! Good.
Tap it.
Mr. Buzzwell, we just passed three cups,
and there's gallons more coming!
- I think we need to shut down!
- Shut down? We've never shut down.
Shut down honey production!
Stop making honey!
Turn your key, sir!
What do we do now?
Cannonball!
We're shutting honey production!
Mission abort.
Aborting pollination and nectar detail.
Returning to base.
Adam, you wouldn't believe
how much honey was out there.
Oh, yeah?
What's going on? Where is everybody?
- Are they out celebrating?
- They're home.
They don't know what to do.
Laying out, sleeping in.
I heard your Uncle Earl was on his way
to San Antonio with cricket.
At least we got our honey back.
Sometimes I think, so what if humans
liked our honey? Who wouldn't?
It's the greatest thing in the world!
I was excited to be part of making it.
This was my new desk. This was my
new job. I wanted to do it really well.
And now...
Now I can't.
I don't understand
why they're not happy.
I thought their lives would be better!
They're doing nothing. It's amazing.
Honey really changes people.
You don't have any idea
what's going on, do you?
- What did you want to show me?
- This.
What happened here?
That is not half of it.
Oh, no. Oh, my.
They're all wilting.
Doesn't look very good, does it?
No.
And whose fault do you think that is?
You know, I'm gonna guess bees.
Bees?
Specifically, me.
I didn't think bees not needing to make
Honey would affect all these things.
It's not just flowers.
Fruits, vegetables, they all need bees.
That's our whole SAT test right there.
Take away produce, that affects
the entire animal kingdom.
And then, of course...
The human species?
So if there's no more pollination,
it could all just go south here,
couldn't it?
I know this is also partly my fault.
How about suicide pact?
How do we do it?
- I'll sting you, you step on me.
- Thatjust kills you twice.
Right, right.
Listen, Barry...
Sorry, but I gotta get going.
I had to open my mouth and talk.
Vanessa?
Vanessa? Why are you leaving?
Where are you going?
To final Tournament of Roses parade
in Pasadena.
They've moved it to this weekend
because all the flowers are dying.
It's last chance
I'll ever have to see it.
Vanessa, I just wanna say I'm sorry.
I never meant it to turn out like this.
I know. Me neither.
Tournament of Roses.
Roses can't do sports.
Wait a minute. Roses. Roses?
Roses!
Vanessa!
Roses?!
Barry?
- Roses are flowers!
- Yes, they are.
Flowers, bees, pollen!
I know.
That's why this is the last parade.
Maybe not.
Would you ask him to slow down?
Would you slow down?
Barry!
OK, I made a huge mistake.
This is a total disaster, all my fault.
Yes, it kind of is.
I've ruined the planet.
I wanted to help you
with a flower shop.
I've made it worse.
Actually, it's completely closed down.
I thought maybe you were remodeling.
But I have another idea, and it's
greater than my previous ideas combined.
I don't want to hear it!
All right, they have roses,
The roses have pollen.
I know every bee, plant
and flower buds in this park.
All we gotta do is get what they've got
back here with what we've got.
- Bees.
- Park.
- Pollen!
- Flowers.
- Repollination!
- Across the nation!
Tournament of Roses,
Pasadena, Oalifornia.
They've got nothing
but flowers, floats and cotton candy.
Security will be tight.
I have an idea.
Vanessa Bloome, FTD.
Official floral business. It's real.
Sorry, ma'am. Nice brooch.
Thank you. It was a gift.
Once inside,
we just pick the right float.
How about Princess and Pea?
I could be princess,
and you could be pea!
Yes, I got it.
- Where should I sit?
- What are you?
- I believe I'm pea.
- pea?
It goes under mattresses.
- Not in this fairy tale, sweetheart.
- I'm getting a marshal.
You do that!
This whole parade is fiasco!
Let's see what this baby will do.
Hey, what are you doing?!
Then all we do
is blended in with traffic...
...without arousing suspicion.
Once at airport,
there's no stopping us.
Stop! Security.
- You and your insect pack your float?
- Yes.
Has it been
in your possession the entire time?
Would you remove your shoes?
- Remove your stinger.
- It's part of me.
I know. Just having some fun.
Enjoy your flight.
Then if we're lucky, we'll have
just enough pollen to do a job.
Oan you believe how lucky we are? We
have just enough pollen to do a job!
I think this is gonna work.
It's got to work.
Attention, passengers,
This is Captain Scott.
We have bit of bad weather
in New York.
It looks like we'll experience
a couple hours delay.
Barry, these are cut flowers
with no water. They'll never make it.
I gotta get up there
and talk to them.
Be careful.
Oan I get help
with Sky Mall magazine?
I'd like to order talking
inflatable nose and ear hair trimmer.
Oaptain, I'm in real situation.
- What'd you say, Hal?
- Nothing.
Bee!
Don't freak out! My entire species...
What are you doing?
- Wait a minute! I'm an attorney!
- Who's an attorney?
Don't move.
Oh, Barry.
Good afternoon, passengers.
This is your captain.
Would Miss Vanessa Bloome in 24B
Please report to the cockpit?
And please hurry!
What happened here?
There was DustBuster,
a toupee, a life raft exploded.
One's bald, one's in boat,
they're both unconscious!
- Is that another bee joke?
- No!
No one's flying plane!
This is JFK control tower, Flight 356.
What's your status?
This is Vanessa Bloome.
I'm a florist from New York.
Where's the pilot?
He's unconscious,
and so is the copilot.
Not good. Does anyone onboard
Have flight experience?
As matter of fact, there is.
- Who's that?
- Barry Benson.
From the honey trial?! Oh, great.
Vanessa, this is nothing more
than a big metal bee.
It's got giant wings, huge engines.
I can't fly plane.
- Why not? Isn't John Travolta a pilot?
- Yes.
How hard could it be?
Wait, Barry!
We're headed into some lightning.
This is Bob Bumble. We have some
late-breaking news from JFK Airport,
where suspenseful scene
is developing.
Barry Benson,
fresh from his legal victory...
That's Barry!
...is attempting to land plane,
loaded with people, flowers
and an incapacitated flight crew.
Flowers?!
We have storm in area
and two individuals at controls
with absolutely no flight experience.
Just a minute.
There's a bee on that plane.
I'm quite familiar with Mr. Benson
and his no-account compadres.
They've done enough damage.
But isn't he your only hope?
Technically, bee
shouldn't be able to fly at all.
Their wings are too small...
Haven't we heard this million times?
"The surface area of wings
and body mass makes no sense."
- Get this on air!
- Got it.
- Stand by.
- We're going live.
The way we work may be a mystery to you.
Making honey takes lot of bees
doing a lot of small jobs.
But let me tell you about a small job.
If you do it well,
It makes a big difference.
More than we realized.
To us, to everyone.
That's why I want to get bees
back to working together.
That's the bee way!
We're not made of Jell-O.
We get behind fellow.
- Black and yellow!
- Hello!
Left, right, down, hover.
- Hover?
- Forget hover.
This isn't so hard.
Beep-beep! Beep-beep!
Barry, what happened?!
Wait, I think we were
on autopilot whole time.
- That may have been helping me.
- And now we're not!
So it turns out I cannot fly a plane.
All of you, let's get
behind this fellow! Move it out!
Move out!
Our only chance is if I do what I'd do,
you copy me with wings of a plane!
Don't have to yell.
I'm not yelling!
We're in a lot of trouble.
It's very hard to concentrate
with that panicky tone in your voice!
It's not tone. I'm panicking!
I can't do this!
Vanessa, pull yourself together.
You have to snap out of it!
You snap out of it.
You snap out of it.
- You snap out of it!
- You snap out of it!
- You snap out of it!
- You snap out of it!
- You snap out of it!
- You snap out of it!
- Hold it!
- Why? Come on, it's my turn.
How is a plane flying?
I don't know.
Hello?
Benson, got any flowers
for a happy occasion there?
The Pollen Jocks!
They do get behind fellow.
- Black and yellow.
- Hello.
All right, let's drop this tin can
on the blacktop.
Where? I can't see anything. Oan you?
No, nothing. It's all cloudy.
Come on. You got to think bee, Barry.
- Thinking bee.
- Thinking bee.
Thinking bee!
Thinking bee! Thinking bee!
Wait a minute.
I think I'm feeling something.
- What?
- I don't know. It's strong, pulling me.
Like a 27-million-year-old instinct.
Bring your nose down.
Thinking bee!
Thinking bee! Thinking bee!
- What in the world is on the tarmac?
- Get some lights on!
Thinking bee!
Thinking bee! Thinking bee!
- Vanessa, aim for flowers.
- OK.
Out engines. We're going in
on bee power. Ready, boys?
Affirmative!
Good. Good. Easy, now. That's it.
Land on that flower!
Ready? Full reverse!
Spin it around!
- Not that flower! another one!
- Which one?
- That flower.
- I'm aiming for flowers!
That fat guy in a flowered shirt.
I mean giant pulsating flower
made of millions of bees!
Pull forward. Nose down. Tail up.
Rotate around it.
- This is insane, Barry!
- This's only way I know how to fly.
Am I koo-koo-kachoo, or is this plane
flying in an insect-like pattern?
Get your nose in there. Don't be afraid.
Smell it. Full reverse!
Just drop it. Be part of it.
Aim for center!
Now drop it in! Drop it in, woman!
Come on, already.
Barry, we did it!
You taught me how to fly!
- Yes. No high-five!
- Right.
Barry, it worked!
Did you see the giant flower?
What giant flower? Where? Of course
I saw flowers! That was genius!
- Thank you.
- But we're not done yet.
Listen, everyone!
This runway is covered
with last pollen
from last flowers
available anywhere on Earth.
That means this is our last chance.
We're only ones who make honey,
pollinate flowers and dress like this.
If we're gonna survive as species,
This is our moment! What do you say?
Are we going to be bees, orjust
Museum of Natural History keychains?
We're bees!
Keychain!
Then follow me! Except Keychain.
Hold on, Barry. Here.
You've earned this.
Yeah!
I'm Pollen Jock! And it's perfect
fit. All I gotta do is sleeves.
Oh, yeah.
That's our Barry.
Mom! bees are back!
If anybody needs
to make a call, now's time.
I got feeling we'll be
working late tonight!
Here's your change. Have great
afternoon! Oan I help who's next?
Would you like some honey with that?
It is bee-approved. Don't forget these.
Milk, cream, cheese, it's all me.
And I don't see nickel!
Sometimes I just feel
like a piece of meat!
I had no idea.
Barry, I'm sorry.
Have you got a moment?
Would you excuse me?
My mosquito associate will help you.
Sorry I'm late.
He's a lawyer too?
I was already a blood-sucking parasite.
All I needed was a briefcase.
Have a great afternoon!
Barry, I just got this huge tulip order,
and I can't get them anywhere.
No problem, Vannie.
Just leave it to me.
You're a lifesaver, Barry.
Oan I help who's next?
All right, scramble, jocks!
It's time to fly.
Thank you, Barry!
That bee is living my life!
Let it go, Kenny.
- When will this nightmare end?!
- Let it all go.
- Beautiful day to fly.
- Sure is.
Between you and me,
I was dying to get out of that office.
You have got
to start thinking bee, my friend.
- Thinking bee!
- Me?
Hold it. Let's just stop
for second. Hold it.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry, everyone.
Oan we stop here?
I'm not making major life decision
during production!
All right. Take ten, everybody.
Wrap it up, guys.
I had virtually no rehearsal for that.
{Man} Once upon time there was a lovely princess.
But she had an enchantment upon her of fearful sort which could only
be broken by love's first kiss.
She was locked away in castle guarded by terrible fire-breathing
dragon.
Many brave knights had attempted to free her from this dreadful prison,
but none prevailed.
She waited in dragon's keep in highest room of tallest
tower for her true love and true love's first kiss.
{Laughing}
Like that's ever gonna happen.
{Paper Rusting, Toilet Flushes}
What load of -
Somebody once told me world is gonna roll me
I ain't sharpest tool in shed
She was lookin' kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb
In shape of an "L" on her forehead
The years start coming' and they don't stop coming'
Fed to rules and hit ground running'
Didn't make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do so much to see
So what's wrong with taking' backstreets
You'll never know if you don't go
You'll never shine if you don't glow
Hey, now You're an all-star
Get your game on, go play
Hey, now You're rock star
Get show on, get paid
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting' stars break mold
It's cool place and they say it gets colder
You're bundled up now but wait till you get older
But meteor men beg to differ
Judging by hole in satellite picture
The ice we skate is getting' pretty thin
The water's getting warm so you might as well swim
My world's on fire
How 'bout yours
That's way I like it and I'll never get bored
Hey, now, you're an all-star
{Shouting}
Get your game on, go play
Hey, now You're rock star
Get show on, get paid
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting' stars break mold
{Belches}
Go!
Go!
{Record Scratching}
Go. Go.Go.
Hey, now, you're an all-star
Get your game on, go play
Hey, now You're rock star
Get show on, get paid
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting' stars break mold
-Think it's in there?
-All right. Let's get it!
-Whoa. Hold on. Do you know what that thing can do to you?
-Yeah, it'll grind your bones for its bread.
{Laughs}
-Yes, well, actually, that would be giant.
Now, ogres - - They're much worse.
They'll make a suit from your freshly peeled skin.
-No!
-They'll shave your liver. Squeeze jelly from your eyes!
Actually, it's quite good on toast.
-Back! Back, beast! Back! I warn ya!
{Gasping}
-Right.
{Roaring}
{Shouting}
{Roaring}
{Whispers} This is the part where you run away.
{Gasping}
{Laughs}
{Laughing} And stay out!
"Wanted. Fairy tale creatures."
{Sighs}
{Man's voice} All right. This one's full.
-Take it away!
{Gasps}
-Move it along. Come on! Get up!
-Next!
-Give me that! Your flying days are over.
That's 20 pieces of silver for a witch. Next!
-Get up! Come on!
-Twenty pieces.
{Thudding}
-Sit down there!
-Keep quiet!
{Crying}
-This cage is too small.
-Please, don't turn me in. I'll never be stubborn again.
I can change. Please! Give me another chance!
-Oh, shut up.
-Oh!
-Next!
-What have you got?
-This little wooden puppet.
-I'm not a puppet. I'm a real boy.
-Five shillings for possessed toys. Take it away.
-Father, please! Don't let them do this!
-Help me!
-Next! What have you got?
-Well, I've got a talking donkey.
{Grunts}
-Right. Well, that's good for ten shillings, if you can prove it.
-Oh, go ahead, little fella.
-Well?
-Oh, oh, he's just - - He's just a little nervous.
He's really quite a chatterbox. Talk, you boneheaded dolt - -
-That's it. I've heard enough. Guards!
-No, no, he talks! He does. I can talk. I love to talk.
I'm talkin best damn thing you ever saw.
-Get her out of my sight.
-No, no! I swear! Oh! He can talk!
{Gasps}
-Hey! I can fly!
-He can fly!
-He can fly!
-He can talk!
-Ha, ha! That's right, fool! Now I'm flying, talking donkey.
You might have seen housefly, maybe even superfly
but I bet you ain't never seen a donkey fly. Ha, ha!
Oh-oh.
{Grunts}
-Seize him!
-After him! He's getting away!
{Grunts, Gasps}
{Man}
-Get him! This way! Turn!
-You there. Orge!
-Aye?
-By order of Lord Farquaad I am authorized to place you both under
arrest
and transport you to designated..... resettlement facility.
-Oh, really? You and what army?
{Gasps, Whimpering}
{Chuckles}
-Can I say something to you?
-Listen, you were really, really, really somethin' back here.
Incredible!
Are you talkin' to - - me? Whoa!
-Yes. I was talking to you. Can I tell you that you that you was great
back here? Those guards!
They thought they were all of that. Then you showed up, and bam! They
was trippin' over themselves like babes in the woods. That really made
I feel good to see that.
-Oh, that's great. Really.
-Man, it's good to be free.
-Now, why don't you go celebrate your freedom with your own friends?
Hmm?
-But, uh, I don't have any friends. And I'm not going' out there by
myself. Hey, wait a minute! I got a great idea! I'll stick with you.
You're mean, green, fightin' machine. Together we'll scare spit
out of anybody that crosses us.
{Roaring}
-Oh, wow! That was really scary. If you don't mind me saying', if that
don't work, your breath certainly will get job done, 'cause you
definitely need some Tic Tacs or something, 'cause your breath stinks!
You almost burned hair outta my nose, just like time - -
{Mumbling}
Then I ate some rotten berries. I had strong gasses eking out of my
butt that day.
-Why are you following me?
-I'll tell you why.
'Cause I'm all alone
There's no one here beside me
My problems have all gone
There's no one to deride me
But you gotta have friends - -
-Stop singing! It's no wonder you don't have any friends.
-Wow. Only a true friend would be that cruelly honest.
-Listen, little donkey. Take a look at me. What am I?
-Uh - - Really tall?
-No! I'm an ogre! You know. "Grab your torch and pitchforks." Doesn't
Does that bother you?
-Nope.
-Really?
-Really, really.
-Oh.
-Man, I like you. What's your name?
-Uh, Shrek.
-Shrek? Well, you know what I like about you, Shrek?
You got that kind of I-don't-care-what-nobody-thinks-of-me thing.
I like that. I respect that, Shrek. You're all right. Whoo! Look at that.
Who'd want to live in a place like that?
-That would be my home.
-Oh! And it is lovely! Just beautiful. You know you are quite
decorator. It's amazing what you've done with such a modest budget. I
like that boulder. That is a nice boulder.
-I guess you don't entertain much, do you?
-I like my privacy.
-You know, I do too. That's another thing we have in common. Like I
I hate it when you get somebody in your face. You've trying to give them
a hint, and they won't leave. There's that awkward silence.
-Can I stay with you?
-Uh, what?
-Can I stay with you, please?
-Of course!
-Really?
-No.
-Please! I don't wanna go back there! You don't know what it's like to
be considered a freak. Well, maybe you do. But that's why we gotta
stick together. You gotta let me stay! Please! Please!
-Okay! Okay! But one night only.
-Ah! Thank you!
-What are you - - No! No!
-This is gonna be fun! We can stay up late, swapping' manly stories,
and in the morning' I'm making waffles.
-Oh!
-Where do uh, I sleep?
-Outside!
-Oh, well. I guess that's cool. I mean, I don't know you, and you
don't know me, so I guess outside is best, you know.
{Sniffles}
-Here I go.
-Good night.
{Sighs}
-I mean, I do like the outdoors. I'm a donkey. I was born outside.
I'll just be sitting by myself outside, I guess, you know. By myself,
outside.
I'm all alone
There's no one here beside me
{Bubbling}
{Sighs}
{Creaking}
{Sighs}
-I thought I told you to stay outside.
-I'm outside.
{Clattering}
-Well, gents, it's far cry from farm, but what choice do we
have?
-It's not home, but it'll do just fine.
-What a lovely bed.
-Got ya.
{Sniffs} I found some cheese.
-Ow! {Grunts}
-Blah! Awful stuff.
-Is that you, Gorder?
-How did you know?
-Enough! What are you doing in my house?
{Grunts}
-Hey!
{Snickers}
-Oh, no, no, no. Dead broad off table.
-Where are we supposed to put her? bed's taken.
-Huh?
{Gusps}
{Male voice} What?
-I live in a swamp. I put up signs. I'm a terrifying ogre! What do I
have to get little privacy?
-Aah!
-Oh, no. No! No!
{Cackling}
-What?
-Quit it.
-Don't push.
{Squeaking}
{Lows}
- What are you doing in my swamp?
{Echoing}
Swamp! Swamp! Swamp!
{Gasping}
-Oh, dear!
-Whoa!
-All right, get out of here. All of you, move it! Come on! Let's go!
Hapaya! Hapaya! Hey!
-Quickly. Come on!
-No, no! No, no. Not there. Not there.
-Oh!
{Sighs}
-Hey, don't look at me. I didn't invite them.
-Oh, gosh, no one invited us.
-What?
-We were forced to come here.
-By who?
-Lord Farquaad.
-He huffed and he puffed and he...... signed an eviction notice.
{Sighs}
-All right. Who knows where this Farquaad guy is?
{Murmuring}
-Oh, I do. I know where he is.
-Does anyone else know where to find him? Anyone at all?
-Me! Me!
-Anyone?
-Oh! Oh, pick me! Oh, I know! I know! Me, me!
{Sighs}
-Okay, fine. Attention, all fairy tale things. Do not get comfortable.
Your welcome is officially worn out. In fact, I'm gonna see this guy
Farquaad right now and get you all off my land and back where you came
from!
{Cheering}
{Twittering}
-Oh! You! You're comin' with me.
- All right, that's what I like to hear, man. Shrek and Donkey, two
stalwart friends, off on a whirlwind big-city adventure. I love it!
-On road again. Sing it with me, Shrek.
-Hey. Oh, oh!
-I can't wait to get on the road again.
-What did I say about singing?
-Can I whistle?
-No.
-Can I hum it?
-All right, hum it.
{Humming}
{Grunts}
{Whimpering}
-That's enough. He's ready to talk.
{Coughing}
{Laughing}
{Clears throat}
-Run, run, run, as fast as you can. You can't catch me. I'm
gingerbread man!
-You are a monster.
-I'm not a monster here. You are. You and rest of that fairy
tale trash, poisoning my perfect world. Now, tell me! Where are
others?
-Eat me!{Grunts}
-I've tried to be fair to you creatures. Now my patience has reached
its end! Tell me or I'll - -
-No, no, not buttons. Not my gumdrop buttons.
-All right then. Who's hiding them?
-Okay, I'll tell you. Do you know the muffin man?
-The muffin man?
-The muffin man.
-Yes, I know a muffin man, who lives on Drury Lane?
-Well, she's married to a muffin man.
-The muffin man?
-The muffin man!
-She's married to a muffin man.
{Door opens}
-My lord! We found it.
-Then what are you waiting for? Bring it in.
{Man grunting}
{Gasping}
-Oh!
-Magic mirror - -
-Don't tell him anything!
-No!
{Gingerbread man whispers}
-Evening. Mirror, mirror on wall. Is this not most perfect
kingdom of them all?
-Well, technically you're not king.
-Uh, Thelonius.
-You were saying?
-What I mean is, you're not king yet. But you can become one. All
You have to marry a princess.
-Go on.
{Chuckles}
-So, just sit back and relax, my lord, because it's time for you to
meet today's eligible bachelorettes. And here they are! Bachelorette
number one is mentally abused shut-in from a kingdom far, far away.
She likes sushi and hot tubbing all the time. Her hobbies include cooking
and cleaning for her two evil sisters. Please welcome Cinderella.
-Bachelorette number two is cape-wearing girl from land of
fancy. Although she lives with seven other men, it's not easy. Just
kiss her dead, frozen lips and find out what live wire she is. Come
on. Give it up for Snow White!
-And last, but certainly not last, bachelorette number three is
fiery redhead from dragon-guarded castle surrounded by hot boiling
lava! But don't let that cool you off. She's loaded pistol who likes
pina colada and getting caught in rain. Yours for rescuing,
Princess Fiona!
-So will it be bachelorette number one, bachelorette number two or
Bachelorette number three?
-Two! Two!
-Three! Three!
-Two! Two!
-Three!
-Three? One?
{Shudders} Three?
--Three! Pick number three, my lord!
-Okay, okay, uh, number three!
-Lord Farquaad, you've chosen Princess Fiona.
If you like pina coladas
And getting caught in rain
-Princess Fiona.
If you're not into yoga
-She's perfect. All I have to do is just find someone who can go - -
-But I probably should mention little things that happen at night.
-I'll do it.
-Yes, but after sunset - -
-Silence! I will make this Princess Fiona my queen, and DuLoc will
finally have the perfect king!
Captain, assemble your finest men. We're going to have a tournament.
-But that's it. That's it right there. That's DuLoc. I told ya I'd
find it.
-So, that must be Lord Farquaad's castle.
-Uh-huh. That's the place.
-Do you think maybe he's compensating for something?
{Laughs}
{Groans}
-Hey, wait. Wait up, Shrek.
-Hurry, darling. We're late. Hurry.
-Hey, you!
{Screams}
-Wait second. Look, I'm not gonna eat you. I just - - I just - -
{Whimpering}
{Sighs}
{Whimpering, Groans}
{Turnstile clatters}
{Chuckles}
{Sighs}
-It's quiet. Too quiet.
{Creaking}
-Where is everybody?
-Hey, look at this!
{Clattering, whirring, clicking}
Welcome to DuLoc such perfect town
Here we have some rules
Let us lay them down
Don't make waves, stay in line
And we'll get along fine
DuLoc is perfect place
Please keep off of grass
Shine your shoes, wipe your... face
DuLoc is, DuLoc is
DuLoc is perfect ...... place
{Camera shutter clicks
{Whirring}
-Wow! Let's do that again!
-No. No. No, no, no! No.
{Trumpet fanfare}
{Crowd cheering}
-Brave knights.
-You are the best and brightest in the land.
-Today one of you shall prove himself - -
-All right. You're going the right way for a smacked bottom.
-Sorry about that.
{Cheering}
-That champion shall have honor - - no, no - - privilege to go
forth and rescue lovely Princess Fiona from fiery keep of
dragon. If for any reason winner is unsuccessful, first
the runner-up will take his place and so on and so forth. Some of you mae
die, but it's a sacrifice I am willing to make.
{Cheering}
-Let tournament begin!
{Gasps}
-Oh!
-What is that?
{Gasping}
-It's hideous!
-Ah, that's not very nice. It's just a donkey.
-Indeed. Knights, new plan! one who kills orge will be named
champion! Have at it!
-Get him!
-Oh, hey! Now come on! Hang on now.
-Go ahead! Get him!
-Can't we just settle this over pint?
-Kill beast!
-No? All right then. Come on!
I don't give damn about my reputation
You're living in past
It's new generation
-Damn!
{Whinnying}
A girl can do what she wants to do
And that's what I'm gonna do
And I don't give damn about my bad reputation
Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Not me
Me, me, me
-Hey, Shrek, tag me! Tag me!
And I don't give damn about my bad reputation
Never said I wanted to improve my station
-Ah!
{Laughs}
And I'm always feeling' good when I'm having fun
-Yeah!
And I don't have to please no one
-The chair! Give him a chair!
And I don't give damn about my bad reputation
Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Not me
Me, me, me
Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Not me, not me
{Bell dings}
{Cheering}
{Laughs}
-Oh, yeah! Ah! Ah! Thank you! Thank you very much! I'm here till
Thursday. Try veal! Ha, ha!
{Shrek laughs}
{Crowd gasping, murmuring}
-Shall I give order, sir?
-No, I have a better idea. People of DuLoc, I give you our champion!
-What?
-Congratulations, orge. You're won honor of embarking on great
and a noble quest.
-Quest? I'm already in quest, quest to get my swamp back.
-Your swamp?
-Yeah, my swamp! Where you dumped those tale creatures!
{Crowd murmuring}
-Indeed. All right, orge. I'll make you deal. Go on this quest for
me, and I'll give you your swamp back.
-Exactly the way it was?
-Down to the last slime-covered toadstool.
-And squatters?
-As good as gone.
-What kind of quest?
-Let me get this straight. You're gonna go fight dragon and rescue
princess just so Farquaad will give you back swamp which you only
don't have it because he filled it full of freaks in the first place.
-Is that about right?
-Maybe there's a good reason donkeys shouldn't talk.
-I don't get it. Why don't you just pull some of that orange stuff on
him? Throttle him, lay siege to his fortress, grinds his bones to make
your bread, whole orge trip.
-Oh, I know what. Maybe I could have decapitated an entire village and
put their heads on pike, gotten knife, cut open their spleen and
drink their fluids. Does that sound good to you?
-Uh, no, not really, no.
-For your information, there's a lot more to ogres than people think.
-Example?
-Example? Okay, um, ogres are like onions.
-{Sniffs} They stink?
-Yes - - No!
-They make you cry?
-No!
-You leave them in sun, they get all brown, start sprouting' little
white hairs.
-No! Layers! Onions have layers. Ogres have layers! Onions have
layers. You get it? We both have layers.
{Sighs}
-Oh, you both have layers. Oh. {Sniffs} You know, not everybody likes
onions. Cake! Everybody loves cakes! Cakes have layers.
-I don't care... what everyone likes. Ogres are not like cakes.
-You know what else everybody likes? Parfaits. Have you ever met
person, you say, "Let's get some parfait," they say, "No, I don't like
non parfait"? Les parfums sont des delicious.
-No! You dense, irritating, miniature beast of burden! Ogres are like
onions! And of the story. Bye-bye. See ya later.
-Parfaits may be the most delicious thing on the whole damn planet.
-You know, I think I preferred your humming. Do you have tissues or
something? I'm making a mess. Just word parfait make me start
slobbering.
I'm on my way from misery to happiness today
Uh-huh,uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh
I'm on my way from misery to happiness today
Uh-huh,uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh
And everything that you receive up yonder
Is what you give to me day I wander
I'm on my way
I'm on my way
I'm on my way
-Ooh! Shrek! Did you do that?
-You gotta warn somebody before you just crack one off. My mouth was
open. Believe me, Donkey, if it was me, you'd be dead. {Sniffs} It's
brimstone We must be getting close.
-Yeah, right, brimstone. Don't be talking about brimstone. I
know what I smell. It wasn't no brimstone. It didn't come off no stone
neither.
{Rumbling}
-Sure, it's big enough, but look at the location.
{Laughing}
-Uh, Shrek? Uh, remember when you said ogres have layers?
-Oh, aye.
-Well, I have a bit of confession to make. Donkeys don't have
layers. We wear our fear right out there on our sleeves.
-Wait second. Donkeys don't have sleeves.
-You know what I mean.
-You can't tell me you're afraid of heights.
-I'm just little uncomfortable about being on rickety bridge over
boiling like lava!
-Come on, Donkey. I'm right here beside ya, okay? For emotional
support., we'll just tackle this thing together one little baby step
at times.
-Really?
-Really, really.
-Okay, that makes me feel so much better.
-Just keep moving. And don't look down.
-Okay, don't look down. Don't look down. Don't look down. Keep on
moving. Don't look down.
{Gasps}
-Shrek! I'm looking down! Oh, God, I can't do this! Just let me off,
please!
-But you're already halfway.
-But I know that half is safe!
-Okay, fine. I don't have time for this. You go back.
-Shrek, no! Wait!
-Just, Donkey - - Let's have a dance then, shall I?
-Don't do that!
-Oh, I'm sorry. Do what?
-Oh, this?
-Yes, that!
-Yes? Yes, do it. Okay.
{Screams}
-No, Shrek! No! Stop it!
-You said do it! I'm doin' it.
-I'm gonna die. I'm gonna die. Shrek, I'm gonna die. Oh!
-That'll do, Donkey. That'll do.
-Cool.
-So where is this fire-breathing pain-in-the-neck anyway?
-Inside, waiting for us to rescue her.
{Chuckles}
-I was talking about the dragon, Shrek.
{Water dripping, wind howling}
-You're afraid?
-No.
-But - -
- Shh.
-Oh, good. Me neither.
{Gasps}
-'Cause there's nothing' wrong with being' afraid. Fear's sensible
response to an unfamiliar situation. Unfamiliar dangerous situation, I
might add. With dragon that breathes fire and eats knights and
breathes fire, it sure doesn't mean you're coward if you're little
scared. I sure as heck ain't no coward. I know that.
{Gasps}
-Donkey, two things, okay? Shut ... up. Now go over there and see if
you can find any stairs.
-Stairs? I thought we were looking for a princess.
-The princess will be up stairs in highest room in tallest
tower.
-What makes you think she'll be there?
-I read it in a book once.
-Cool. You handle a dragon. I'll handle stairs. I'll find those
stairs. I'll whip their butt too. Those stairs won't know which way
they're goin'.
{Creacing}
-I'm gonna take drastic steps. Kick it to the curb. Don't mess with
me. I'm a stairmaster. I've mastered stairs. I wish I had
step right here. I'd step all over it.
-Well, at least we know where princess is, but where's - -
-Dragon!
{Screams}
{Gasps}
{Roars}
-Donkey, look out!
{Screams}
{Whimpering}
-Got ya!
{Roars}
{Gasps}
{Shouts}
-Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
{Screaming}
{Gasps}
-Oh! Aah! Aah!
{Gasping}
{Crowls}
-No. Oh, no, No!
{Screams}
-Oh, what large teeth you have.
{Crowls}
-I mean white, sparkling teeth. I know you probably hear this all time
from your food, but you must bleach, 'cause that is one dazzling smile
you got there. Do I detect a hint of minty freshness? And you know
What else? You're - - You're girl dragon! Oh, sure! I mean, of
course you're a girl dragon. You're just reeking of feminine beauty.
What's the matter with you? You got something in your eye? Ohh. Oh.
Oh. Man, I'd really love to stay, but you know, I'm, uh - -
(Coughs)
-I'm an asthmatic, and I don't know if it'd work out if you're gonna
blow smoke rings. Shrek!
{Gasps}
{Whimpering}
-No! Shrek! Shrek! Shrek!
{Groans, Sighs}
{Vocalizing}
-Oh! Oh!
-Wake up!
-What?
-Are you Princess Fiona?
-I am awaiting a knight so bold as to rescue me.
-Oh, that's nice. Now let's go!
-But wait, Sir Knight. This be-with our first meeting. Should it not be
a wonderful, romantic moment?
-Yeah, sorry, lady. There's no time.
-Hey, wait. What are you doing? You should sweep me off my feet out
yonder window and down rope onto your valiant steed.
-You've had a lot of time to plan this, haven't you?
-Mm-hmm.
{Screams, grunts}
-But we have to savor this moment! You could recite an epic poem for
me. ballad? sonnet! limerick? Or something!
-I don't think so.
-Can I at least know the name of my champion?
-Um, Shrek.
-Sir Shrek.
{Cleans throat}
-I pray that you take this favor as a token of my gratitude.
-Thanks!
{Roaring}
-You didn't slay a dragon?
-It's on my to-do list. Now come on!
{Screams}
-But this isn't right! You were meant to charge in, sword drawn,
banner flying. That's what all other knights did.
-Yeah, right before they burst into flames.
-That's not the point. Oh!
-Wait. Where are you going? next's over there.
-Well, I have to save my ass.
-What kind of knight are you?
-One of a kind.
-Slow down. Slow down, baby, please. I believe it's healthy to get to
know someone over a long period of time. Just call me old-fashioned.
{Laughs}
-I don't want to rush into a physical relationship. I'm not
emotionally ready for commitment of, uh, this - - Magnitude really
is the word I'm looking for. Magnitude- - Hey, that is unwanted
physical contact. Hey, what are you doing? Okay, okay. Let's just back
up little and take this one step at time. We really should get to
know each other first as friends or pen pals. I'm on road lot,
but I just love receiving cards - - I'd really love to stay, but - -
Don't do that! That's my tail! That's my personal tail. You're gonna
tear it off. I don't give permission - - What are you gonna do with
that? Hey, now. No way. No! No! No, no! No. No, no, no. No! Oh!
{Growls}
{Roaring}
{Gasps}
-Hi, Princess!
-It talks!
-Yeah, it's getting him to shut up, that's a trick.
{Screams}
{Screaming}
-Oh!
{Thuds}
{Groans}
{Roars}
{Roaring}
-Okay, you two, hear me out! I'll take care of the dragon.
{Fchoing}
-Run!
{Gasping}
{Screaming}
{Roaring}
{Screams}
{Roars}
{Panting, sighs}
{Whimpers}
{Roars}
-You did it!
-You rescued me! You're amazing. You're - - You're wonderful.
You're... little unorthodox I'll admit. But they deed is great, and
thine heart is pure. I am eternally in your debt.
{Clears throat}
-And where would a brave knight be without his noble steed?
-I hope you heard that. She called me a noble steed. She think I'm
steed.
-The battle is won. You may remove your helmet, good Sir Knight.
-Uh, no.
-Why not?
-I have helmet hair.
-Please. I would look upon the face of my rescuer.
-No, no, you wouldn't - - 'st.
-But how will you kiss me?
-What? That wasn't in the job description.
-Maybe it's a perk.
-No, it's destiny. Oh, you must know how it goes. princess locked in
a tower and beset by dragon is rescued by brave knight, and then
They share true love's first kiss.
-Hmm? With Shrek? You think- - Wait. Wait. You think that Shrek is you
true love?
-Well, yes.
{Laughing}
-You think Shrek is your true love!
-What is so funny?
-Let's just say I'm not your type, okay?
-Of course, you are. You're my rescuer. Now - - Now remove your
helmet.
-Look. I really don't think this is a good idea.
-Just take off your helmet.
-I'm not going to.
-Take it off.
-No!
-Now!
-Okay! Easy. As you command. Your Highness.
-You- - You're a- - an ogre.
-Oh, you were expecting Prince Charming.
-Well, yes, actually. Oh, no. This is all wrong. You're not supposed
to be an ogre.
{Sighs}
-Princess, I was sent to rescue you by Lord Farquaad, okay? He is
one who wants to marry you.
-Then why didn't he come rescue me?
-Good question. You should ask him that when we get there.
-But I have to be rescued by my true love, not by some prge and his- -
his pet.
-So much for noble steed.
-You're not making my job any easier.
-I'm sorry, but your job is not my problem. You can tell Lord Farquaad
that if he wants to rescue me properly, I'll be waiting for him right
here.
-Hey! I'm no one's messenger boy, all right? I'm a delivery boy.
-You wouldn't dare. Put me down!
-Ya comin', Donkey?
-I'm right behind ya.
-Put me down, or you will suffer consequences! This is not
dignified! Put me down!
-Okay, so here's another question. Say there's woman that digs you,
right, but you don't really like her that way. How do you let her down
real easy so her feelings aren't hurt, but you don't get burned to
crisp and eaten?
-You just tell her she's not your true love. Everyone knowest what
happens when you find your - - Hey!
{Sighs}
-The sooner we get to DuLoc the better.
-You're gonna love it there, Princess. It's beautiful!
-And what of my groom-to-be? Lord Farquaad? What's he like?
-Let me put it this way, Princess. Men of Farquaad's stature are in
short supply.
{Laughs}
-I don't know. There are those who think little of him.
-Stop it. Stop it, both of you. You're just jealous you can never
measure up to great rulers like Lord Farquaad.
-Yeah, well, maybe you're right, Princess. But I'll let you do
"measuring" when you see him tomorrow.
-Tomorrow? It'll take that long? Shouldn't we stop making camp?
-No, that'll take longer. We can keep going.
-But there's robbers in the woods.
-Whoa! Time out, Shrek! Camping's starting to sound good.
-Hey, come on. I'm scarier than anything we're going to see in this
forest.
-I need to find somewhere to camp now!
{Birds wings fluttering}
{Grunting}
-Hey! Over here.
-Shrek, we can do better than that. I don't think this is fit for
princess.
-No, no, it's perfect. It just needs a few homey touches.
-Homey touches? Like what?
{Crashing}
-A door? Well, gentlemen, I bid you goodnight.
-You want me to read your bedtime story? I will.
-I said good night!
-Shrek, What are you doing?
{Laughs}
-I just- - You know - - Oh, come on. I was just kidding.
{Fire cracking}
-And, uh, that one, that's Throwback, only orge to ever spit over
three wheat fields. Right. Yeah.
-Hey, can you tell my future from these stars?
-The stars don't tell the future, Donkey. They tell stories. Look,
There's Bloodnut, Flatulent. You can guess what he's famous for.
-I know you're making this up.
-No, look. There he is, and there's group of hunters running away
from his stench.
-That ain't nothin' but a bunch of little dots.
-You know, Donkey, sometimes things are more than they appear. Hmm?
Forget it.
{Sighs}
-Hey, Shrek, what are we gonna do when we get our swamp anyway?
-Our swamp?
-You know, when we're rescuing princesses.
-We? Donkey, there's no "we". There's no "our". There's just me and my
swamp. first thing I'm gonna do is build ten-foot wall around my
land.
-You cut me deep, Shrek. You cut me real deep just now. You know what
I think? I think this whole wall thing is just way to keep somebody
out.
-No, do ya think?
-Are you hiding something?
-Never mind, Donkey.
-Oh, this is another one of those onion things, isn't it?
-No, this is one of those drop-it and leave-it alone things.
-Why don't you want to talk about it?
-Why do you want to talk about it?
-Why are you blocking?
-I'm not blocking.
-Oh, yes, you are.
-Donkey, I'm warning you.
-Who are you trying to keep out?
-Everyone! Okay?
-Oh, now we're getting somewhere.
-Oh! For love of Pete!
-What's your problem? What do you have against the whole world anyway?
-Look, I'm not one with problems, okay? It's world that
seems to have a problem with me. People take one look at me and go.
"Aah! Help! Run! big, stupid, ugly orge!" They judge me before they
even know me. That's why I'm better off alone.
-You know what? When we met, I didn't think you was just big,
stupid, ugly orge.
-Yeah, I know.
-So, uh, are there any donkeys up there?
-Well, there's, um, Gabby, Small and Annoying.
-Okay, okay, I see it now. big shiny one, right there. That one
there?
-That's the moon.
-Oh, okay.
{Orchestra}
{Dulcimer}
-Again, show me again. Mirror, mirror, show her to me. Show me
princess.
-Hmph.
-Ah. Perfect.
{Inhales}
{Snoring}
{Vocalizing}
{Whistling}
{Sizzling}
{Sniffs, yawns}
-Mmm, yeah, you know I like it like that.
--Come on, baby. I said I like it.
-Donkey, wake up.
-Huh? What?
-Wake up.
-What?
-Good morning. Hm, how do you like your eggs?
-Good morning, Princess!
-What's all this about?
-You know, we kind of got off to a bad start yesterday. I wanted to
make it up to you. I mean, after all, you did rescue me.
-Uh, thanks.
{Sniffs}
-Well, eat up. We've got a big day ahead of us.
{Belches}
-Shrek!
-What? It's a compliment. Better out than in, I always say. {Laughs}
-Well, there's no way to behave in front of a princess.
{Belches}
-Thanks.
-She's as nasty as you are.
-{Laughs} You know, you're not exactly what I expected.
-Well, maybe you shouldn't judge people before you get to know them.
{Vocalizing}
-La liberte! Hey!
-Princess!
{Laughs}
-What are you doing?
-Be still, mon cherie, for I am your savior! And I am rescuing you from
this green - -
{Kissing sounds}
-beast.
-Hey!
-That's my princess! Go find your own!
-Please, monster! Can't you see I'm a little busy here?
-Look, pal, I don't know who you think you are!
-Oh! Of course! Oh, how rude. Please let me introduce myself. Oh, Merry
Men.
{Laughs}
{Accordion}
Ta, dah, dah, dah, whoo.
I steal from the rich and give to the needy.
He takes wee percentage,
But I'm not greedy. I rescue pretty damsels
Man, I'm good
What guy, Monsieur Hood
Break it down
I like an honest fight
and saucy little maid
What he's basically saying
is he likes to get - -
Paid
So
When an orge in bush
grabs lady by tush
That's bad
That's bad
When beauty's with beast
it makes me awfully mad
He's mad
He's really, really mad
I'll take my blade and
ram it through your heart
Keep your eyes on me, boys
'cause I'm about to start
{Grunts, Groans}
{Karate Yell}
{Merry Men Gasping}
{Panting}
-Man, that was annoying!
-Oh, you little- -
{Karate Yell}
{Accordion}
{Shouting, groaning}
{Chuckles}
-Uh, shall we?
-Hold phone.
{Grunts}
Oh! Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on now. Where did that come from?
-What?
-That! Back there. That was amazing! Where did you learn that?
-Well - - {Chuckles} When one lives alone, uh, one has to learn these
things in case there's - - There's an arrow in your butt!
-What? Oh, would you look at that?
-Oh, no. This is all my fault. I'm so sorry.
-Why? What's wrong?
-Shrek's hurt.
-Shrek's hurt. Shrek's hurt? Oh, no, Shrek's gonna die.
-Donkey, I'm okay.
-You can't do this to me, Shrek. I'm too young for you to die. Keep
your legs elevated. Turn your head and cough. Does anyone know
Heimlich?
-Donkey! Calm down. If you want to help Shrek, run into woods and
find me a blue flower with red thorns.
-Blue flowers, red thorns. Okay, I'm on it. Blue flower, red thorns.
Don't die Shrek. If you see a long tunnel, stay away from the light!
-{Both} Donkey!
-Oh, yeah. Right. Blue flower, red thorns.
-What are flowers for?
-For getting rid of Donkey.
-Ah.
-Now you hold still, and I'll yank this thing out.
-Ow! Hey! Easy with yankin'.
-I'm sorry, but it has to come out.
-No, it's tender.
-Now, hold on.
-What you're doing is the opposite of help.
-Don't move.
-Look, time out.
-Would you - -
{Grunts}
-Okay. What do you propose we do?
-Blue flowers, red thorns. Blue flower, red thorns. Blue flower, red
thorns. This would be so much easier if I wasn't color-blind! Blue
flower, red thorns.
-Ow!
-Hold on, Shrek! I'm comin'!
-Ow! Not good.
-Okay. Okay. I can nearly see the head.
{Grunts}
-It's just about - -
-Ow! Ohh!
-Ahem.
-Nothing happens. We were just, uh - -
-Look, if you wanted to be alone, all you had to do was ask. Okay?
-Oh, come on! That's the last thing on my mind. princess here was
just- - Ugh!
-Ow!
-Hey, what's that?
{Nervous chuckle}
-That's- - Is that blood?
{Sighs}
{Bird chirping}
{Grunts}
My beloved monster and me
We go everywhere together
Wearing' raincoat
that has four sleeves
Gets us through all kinds of weather
-Aah!
She will always be only thing
That comes between me and awful sting
That comes from living in world
that's so damn mean
{Croaks}
Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
-Hey!
La-la, la-la, la-la-la-la
{Both laughing}
La-la, la-la, la-la
-There it is, Princess. Your future awaits you.
-That's DuLoc?
-Yeah, I know. You know, Shrek thinks Lord Farquaad compensating for
something, which I think means he has really - - Ow!
-Um, I, uh- - I guess we better move on.
-Sure. But, Shrek? I'm - - I'm worried about Donkey.
{Blubbering}
-What?
-I mean, look at him. He doesn't look so good.
-What are you talking about? I'm fine.
-That's what they always say, and then next thing you know, you're on
your back. Dead.
-You know, she's right. You look awful. Do you want to sit down?
-Uh, you know, I'll make you some tea.
-I didn't want to say nothin', but I got this twinge in my neck, and
when I turn my head like this, look,
{Bones crunch}
-Ow! See?
-Who's hungry? I'll find us some dinner.
-I'll get firewood.
-Hey, where are you going? Oh, man, I can't feel my toes! I don't have any
toes! I think I need a hug.
-Mmm. This is good. This is really good. What is this?
-Uh, weedrat. Rotisserie style.
-No kidding. Well, this is delicious.
-Well, they're also great stews. Now, I don't mean to brag, but I
make mean weed rat stew.
{Chuckling}
{Sighs}
-I guess I'll be dining a little differently tomorrow night.
{Gulps}
-Maybe you can come visit me in the swamp sometime. I'll cook all kind
of stuff for you. Swamp toad soup, fish eye tartare - - you name it.
{Chuckles}
-I'd like that.
{Slurps, laughs}
See pyramids along Nile
-Um, Princess?
Watch sunrise from tropic isle
-Yes, Shrek?
-I, um, I was wondering.
Just remember, darling all while
-Are you- -
You belong to me
{Sighs}
-Are you gonna eat that?
{Chuckles}
-Man, isn't this romantic? Just look at that sunset.
-Sunset?
-Oh, no! I mean, it's late. I-It's very late.
-What?
-Wait a minute. I see what's going on here. You're afraid of dark,
aren't you?
-Yes! Yes, that's it. I'm terrified. You know, I'd better go inside.
-Don't feel bad, Princess. I used to be afraid of dark, too, until
- - Hey, no, wait. I'm still afraid of the dark.
{Shrek sighs}
-Good night.
-Good night.
{Door creaks}
-Ooh! Now I really see what's going on here.
-Oh, what are you talking about?
-I don't even wanna hear it. Look, I'm an animal, and I have instincts.
And I know you two were diggin' on each other. I could feel it.
-You're crazy. I'm just bringing her back to Farquaad.
-Oh, come on, Shrek. Wake up and smell pheromones. Just go on in
and tell her how you feel.
-I- - There's nothing to tell. Besides, even if I did tell her that,
well, you know - - and I'm not sayin' I do 'cause I don't - - she's
princess, and I'm - -
-An ogre?
-Yeah. An ogre.
-Hey, where are you going?
-To get... move firewood.
{Sighs}
-Princess? Princess Fiona? Princess, where are you?
{Wings fluttering}
-Princess?
{Creaking}
{Gasps}
-It's very spooky here. I ain't playing no games.
{Screams}
-Aah!
-Oh, no!
-No, help!
-Shh!
-Shrek! Shrek! Shrek!
-No, it's okay. It's okay.
-What did you do with the princess?
-Donkey, I'm princess.
-Aah!
-It's me, in this body.
-Oh, my God! You ate princess. Can you hear me?
-Donkey!
-Listen, keep breathing! I'll get you out of there!
-No!
-Shrek! Shrek! Shrek!
-Shh.
-Shrek!
-This is me.
{Muffled mumbling}
-Princess? What happened to you? You're, uh, uh, uh, different.
-I'm ugly, okay?
-Well, yeah! Was it something you ate? 'Cause I told Shrek those rats
was a bad idea. You are what you eat, I said. Now - -
-No.
-I - - I've been this way as long as I can remember.
-What do you mean? Look, I ain't never seen you like this before.
-It only happens when the sun goes down.
"By night one way, by day another. This shall be norm... until you
find true love's first kiss... and then take love's true form."
-Ah, that's beautiful. I didn't know you wrote poetry.
-It's a spell.
{Sighs}
-When I was a little girl, a witch cast a spell on me. Every night I
become this. This horrible, ugly beast! I was placed in tower to
I await the day my true love will rescue me. That's why I have to marry
Lord Farquaad tomorrow before sun sets and he sees me like this.
{Sobs}
-All right, all right. Calm down. Look, it's not that bad. You're not
That's ugly. Well, I ain't gonna lie. You are ugly. But you only look
like this at night. Shrek's ugly 24-7.
-But Donkey, I'm princess, and this is not how princess is meant
to look.
-Princess, how 'bout if you don't marry Farquaad?
-I have to. Only my true love's kiss can break the spell.
-But, you know, um, you're kind of an ogre, and Shrek - - well, you
got a lot in common.
-Shrek?
-Princess, I - - Uh, how's it going, first of all? Good? Um, good for
me too. I'm okay. I saw this flower and thought of you because it's
pretty and - - well, I don't really like it, but I thought you might
like it 'cause you're pretty. But I like you anyway. I'd - - uh, uh -
-
{Sighs}
-I'm in trouble. Okay, here we go.
-I can't just marry whoever I want. Take a good look at me, Donkey. I
I mean, really, who can ever love a beast so hideous and ugly?
"Princess" and "ugly" don't go together. That's why I can't stay here
with Shrek.
{Gasps}
-My only chance to live happily ever after is to marry my true love.
{Deep sigh}
-Don't you see, Donkey? That's just how it has to be. It's only
way to break spells.
-You at least gotta tell Shrek the truth.
-No! You can't breathe words. No one must ever know.
-What's the point of being able to talk if you gotta keep secrets?
-Promise you won't tell. Promise!
-All right, all right. I won't tell him. But you should. I just know
Before this is over, I'm gonna need a whole lot of serious therapy.
-Look at my eye twitching'.
{Door opens}
{Snoring}
-I tell him, I tell him not. I tell him, I tell him not. I told him.
-Shrek! Shrek, there's something I want - -
{Snoring}
-Shrek. Are you all right?
-Perfect! Never been better.
-I - - I don't - - There's something I have to tell you.
-You don't have to tell me anything, Princess. I heard enough last
night.
-You heard what I said?
-Every word.
-I thought you'd understand.
-Oh, I understand. Like you said, "Who could love hideous, ugly
beast?"
-But I thought that wouldn't matter to you.
-Yeah? Well, it does.
{Gasps, sighs}
-Ah, right on time.
{Horse whinnies}
-Princess, I've brought you a little something.
{Fanfare}
{Yawns}
-What'd I miss? What'd I miss?
{Muffled}
-Who said that? Couldn't have been a donkey.
-Princess Fiona.
-As promised. Now hand it over.
-Very well, orge. deed to your swamp, cleared out, as agreed.
-Take it and go before I change my mind.
-Forgive me, Princess, for startling you, but you startled me, for I
I have never seen such radiant beauty before. I'm Lord Farquaad.
-Lord Farquaad? Oh, no, no.
{Snaps fingers}
-Forgive me, my lord, for I was just saying short... farewell.
-Oh, that is so sweet. You don't have to waste good manners on
orge. It's not like it has feelings.
-No, you're right. It doesn't.
-Princess Fiona, beautiful, fair, flawless Fiona. I ask your hand in
marriage.
{Gasps}
-Will you be the perfect bride for the perfect groom?
-Lord Farquaad, I accept. Nothing would make - -
-Excellent! I'll start plans for tomorrow we wed!
-No! I mean, uh, why wait? Let's get married today before sun
sets.
-Oh, anxious, are you? You're right. sooner, better. There's
so much to do! There's caterer, cake, band, guest
list. Captain, round up some guests!
-Fare-thee-well, orge.
-Shrek, what are you doing? You're letting her get away.
-Yeah? So what?
-Shrek, there's something about her you don't know. Look, I talked to
her last night, She's - -
-I know you talked to her last night. You're great pals, aren't ya?
Now, if you two are such good friends, why don't you follow her home?
-Shrek, I - - I wanna go with you.
-I told you, didn't I? You're not coming home with me. I live alone!
My swamp! Me! Nobody else! Understand? Nobody! Especially useless,
pathetic, annoying, talking donkeys!
-But I thought - -
-Yeah. You know what? You thought wrong!
-Shrek.
I heard there was secret chord
That David played and it pleased Lord
But you don't really care for music, do ya
It goes like this fourth, fifth
The minor fall major lift
The baffled king composing hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Baby, I've been here before
I know this room I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
I've seen your flag on marble arch
But love is not victory march
It's cold and it's broken hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
And all I ever learned from love
Is how to shoot at someone
Who outdrew you
{Moaning}
And it's not cry you can hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen light
It's cold and it's broken hallelujah
{Moaning}
Hallelujah, hallelujah
{Thumping sound}
-Donkey?
{Grunts}
-What are you doing?
-I would think, of all people, you would recognize wall when you see
one.
-Well, yeah. But wall's supposed to go around my swamp, not
through it.
-It is around your half. See that's your half, and this is my half.
-Oh! Your half. Hmm.
-Yes, my half. I helped rescue a princess. I did half of the work. I
get half booty. Now hand me that big old rock, one that looks
like your head.
-Back off!
-No, you back off.
-This is my swamp!
-Our swamp.
-Let go, Donkey!
-You let go.
-Stubborn jackass!
-Smelly ogre.
-Fine!
-Hey, hey, come back here. I'm not through with you yet.
-Well, I'm through with you.
-Uh-uh. You know, with you it's always, "Me, me, me!" Well, guess
what! Now it's my turn! So you just shut up and pay attention! You are
mean to me. You insult me and you don't appreciate anything that I do!
You're always pushing me around or pushing me away.
-Oh, yeah? Well, if I treated you so badly, how come you came back?
-Because that's what friends do! They forgive each other!
-Oh, yeah. You're right, Donkey. I forgive you... for stabbing' me in
the back!
-Ooh! You're so wrapped up in layers, onion boy, you're afraid of your
own feelings.
-Go away!
-There you are , doing it again just like you did to Fiona. All she
ever do I like you, maybe even love you.
-Love me? She said I was ugly, hideous creature. I heard two of
you talking.
-She wasn't talkin' about you. She was talking' about, uh, somebody
else.
-She wasn't talking about me? Well, then who was she talking about?
-Uh-uh, no way. I ain't saying anything. You don't wanna listen to me.
Right? Right?
-Donkey!
-No!
-Okay, look. I'm sorry, all right?
{Sighs}
-I'm sorry. I guess I am just big, stupid, ugly orge. Can you
forgive me?
-Hey, that's what friends are for, right?
-Right. Friends?
-Friends.
-So, um, what did Fiona say about me?
-What are you asking me for? Why don't you just go ask her?
-The wedding! We'll never make it in time.
-Ha-ha-ha! Never fear, for where, there's will, there's way and I
have a way.
{Whistles}
-Donkey?
-I guess it's just my animal magnetism.
{Laughing}
-Aw, come here, you.
-All right, all right.Don't get all slobbery. No one likes to kiss ass.
All right, hop on and hold on tight. I haven't had chance to install
the seat belts yet.
-Whoo!
{Bells tolling}
{All gasping}
-People of DuLoc, we gather here today to bear witness to union....
-Um-
-of our new king - -
-Excuse me. Could we just skip ahead to "I do's"?
{Chuckling}
-Go on.
-Go ahead, HAVE SOME FUN. If we need you, I'll whistle. How about
that? Shrek, wait, wait! Wait a minute! You wanna do this right, don't
you?
-What are you talking about?
-There's a line you gotta wait for. preacher's gonna say, "Speak
now or forever hold your peace." That's when you say, "I object!"
-I don't have time for this!
-Hey, wait. What are you doing? Listen to me! Look, you love this
woman, don't you?
-Yes.
-You wanna hold her?
-Yes.
-Please her?
-Yes!
-Then you have to try a little tenderness. chicks love that
romantic crap!
-All right! Cut it out. When does this guy say a line?
-We gotta check it out.
-And so, by power vested in me,
-What do you see?
-The whole town's in there.
-I now pronounce you husband and wife,
-They're at the altar.
-king and queen.
-Mother Fletcher! He already said it.
-Oh, for love of Pete!
{Grunts}
-I object!
-Shrek?
{Gasps}
-Oh, now what does he want?
-Hi, everyone. Having' good time, ya? I love DuLoc, first of all.
Very clean.
-What are you doing here?
-Really, it's rude enough being alive when no one wants you, but
showing up uninvited to wedding - -
-Fiona! I need to talk to you.
-Oh, now you wanna talk? It's little late for that, so if you'll
excuse me - -
-But you can't marry him.
-And why not?
-Because- - Because he's just marrying you so he can be king.
-Outrageous! Fiona, don't listen to him.
-He's not your true love.
-And what do you know about true love?
-Well, I - - Uh - - I mean - -
-Oh, this is precious. orge has fallen in love with princess!
Oh, good Lord.
{Crowd laughing}
-An ogre and princess!
-Shrek, is this true?
-Who cares? It's preposterous! Fiona, my love, we're but kiss away
from our "happily ever after." Now kiss me! Mmmmm!
-"By night one way, by day another." I wanted to show you before.
{Whimpers}
{Crown gasping}
-Well, uh, that explains a lot.
-Ugh! It's disgusting! Guards! Guards! I order you to get that out of
My sight now! Get them! Get them both!
-No, no!
-Shrek!
-This hocus-pocus alters nothing. This marriage is binding, and that
makes me king! See? See?
-No, let go of me! Shrek!
-No!
-Don't just stand there, you morons.
-Get out of my way! Fiona! Arrgh!
-I'll make you regret the day we met. I'll see you drawn and
quartered!
-You'll beg for death to save you!
-No, Shrek!
-And as for you, my wife,
-Fiona!
-I'll have you locked back in that tower for the rest of your days!
-I'm king!
{Whistles}
-I will have order! I will have perfection! I will have - - Aaaah!
-Aah!
-All right. Nobody moved. I got dragon here, and I'm not afraid to
use it.
{Roars}
-I'm a donkey on edge!
{Belches}
-Celebrity marriages. They never last, do they?
{Cheering}
-Go ahead, Shrek.
-Uh, Fiona?
-Yes, Shrek?
-I - - I love you.
-Really?
-Really, really.
- I love you too.
-Aawww!
-"Until you find true love's first kiss and then take love's true
form."
-"Take love's true form. Take love's true form."
-Fiona? Fiona. Are you all right?
-Well, yes. But I don't understand. I'm supposed to be beautiful.
-But you ARE beautiful.
{Chuckles}
-I was hoping this would have a happy ending.
I thought love was only true in fairy tales
Oy!
Meant for someone else but not for me
Love was out to get me
That's way it seemed
Disappointment haunted all my dreams
And then I saw her face
Now I'm believer and not trace
Of doubt in my mind
I'm in love
Ooh-aah
I'm believer I couldn't leave her
If I tried
-God bless us, everyone.
Come on, y'all!
Then I saw her face
Ha-ha
Now I'm believer
Listen!
Not trace
Of doubt in my mind
I'm in love
Ooh-aah
I'm believer
I couldn't leave her if I tried
-Ooh!
-Uh!
Then I saw her face
Now I'm believer
Hey!
Not trace
Uhh! Yeah.
Of doubt in my mind
-One more time!
I'm in love
I'm believer
Come on!
I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe,
I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe, hey
Y'all sing it with me!
I
Believe
I believe
People are back!
I believe
I'm believer
I believe
I believe
I believe
I believe
{Hysterical laughing}
-Oh, that's funny. Oh. Oh.
-I can't breathe. I can't breathe.
I believe in self-assertion
Destiny or slight diversion
Now it seems I've got my head on straight
I'm freak an apparition
Seems I've made right decision
To try to turn back now it might be too late
Now I want to stay home today
Don't wanna go out
If anyone comes to play
Gonna get thrown out
I wanna stay home today
Don't want no company
No way
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I wanna be millionaire someday
But know what it feels like to give it away
Watch me march to beat of my own drum
And it's off to moon and then back again
Same old day Same situation
My happiness rears back as if to say
I wanna stay home today
Don't wanna go out
If anyone comes to play
Gonna get thrown out
I wanna stay home today
Don't want no company
No way
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I wanna stay home, stay home, stay home.........
I get such thrill when you look in my eyes
My heart skips beat
Girl, I feel so alive
Please tell me, baby, if all this is true
'Cause deep down inside all I wanted was you
Oh-oh-oh
Makes me wanna dance
Oh-oh-oh
It's new romance
Oh-oh-oh
I look into your eyes
Oh-oh-oh
The best years of our lives
When we first met
I could hardly believe
The things that would happen
and we could achieve
So let's be together
for all of our time
Oh, girl, I'm so thankful
that you are still mine
You always consider me
like an ugly duckling
And treat me like Nostradamus
was why I had to get my shine on
I break little something
to keep my mind on
'Cause you had my mind gone
Eh-eh, eh-eh, eh-eh
Turn lights on, Come on, baby
Let's just rewind song
'Cause all I want to do is
make rest years best years
All night long
Oh-oh-oh
Makes me wanna dance
Makes me wanna dance
Oh-oh-oh
It's new romance
It's new romance
Oh-oh-oh
I look into your eyes
Oh, yeah, yeah
I look into your eyes
Oh-oh-oh
The best years of our lives
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah..............
Everything looks bright
Standing in your light
Everything feels right
What's left is out of sight
What's girl to do
I'm telling you
You're on my mind
I wanna be with you
'Cause when you're
standing' next to me
It's like wow
And all your kisses
seem to set me free
It's like wow
And when we touch
it's such rush
I can't get enough
It's like- - It's like
Ooh-ooh
Hey, what
It's like wow
Ooh-ooh, hey
Hey, yeah
It's like wow
Everything is looking
right now, right now
It's like wow
And I got this feeling
This feeling
it's just like wow
It's just like wow
You are all I'm thinking of.
Like wow
Everything feels right
Everything feels right
Like wow
Everything looks bright
All my senses are right
Like wow
Everything feels right
Baby, baby, baby
the way I'm feeling you
Is like wow
There is something
that I see
In way
you look at me
There's smile
There's truth
In your eyes
What an unexpected way
On this unexpected day
Could it be
This is where I belong
It is you I have loved
All long
There's no more mystery
It is finally clear to me
You're home
my heart's searched for
So long
It is you I have loved
All long
Whoa, over and over
I'm filled with emotion
As I look
Into your perfect face
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