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Joe's Father: I've found my tree. My soul tree. And no, it's not that one, okay, 'cause then I would be dead.
[shows Joe a large oak tree]
Joe's Father: This is my tree.
Joe - 10 Years: It's not an ash tree.
Joe's Father: No, it's an oak tree.
Joe - 10 Years: It has two trunks.
Joe's Father: Yeah, isn't it great? It shows itself to both sides, the lake and the forest.
Joe - 10 Years: But, dad, how does a tree get two trunks?
Joe's Father: The most common reason is that the top broke when it was very young.
Joe - 10 Years: That means that you've been broken once. Have you, dad?
Joe's Father: [long pause] It seems that it can be rather revealing... to find your soul tree.
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[opening narration for "The Gun"]
Joe: Whether I left society or it left me, I cannot say. I suppose you can make an argument for both sides. I was on my way to the shady side of the debt collecting business, which, among other things, involved stuff like burning people's cars.
Christine Urspruch
Extended Reading
