Sharing Popcorn with God by Petra Michelle

 

FADE IN:

EXT. CLOUD. HEAVEN - DUSK

GOD and a male ANGEL are relaxing and sharing a bowl of popcorn, enjoying film images on a row of small clouds floating before them.

GOD This is my favorite part.

INSERT IMAGE: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are on their horses jumping off the cliff into the river.

ANGEL My favorite too. (reads the cloud guide) Looks like there's a marathon today.

GOD What's next?

ANGEL The Sting.

Engrossed, CRUNCHING popcorn and gun SHOTS break the silence.

ANGEL They had a full-proof code which helped them get away with the heist.

GOD Ah. 

A sublime sunset engulfs them; they, too absorbed to notice it and the time.

ANGEL You've seen it all, haven't you?

GOD Not Hombre.

The Angel smiles.

GOD The hypocrisies and prejudices! 

ANGEL A fair portrait. 

The Angel savors the stars' brilliance, then returns to the guide.

ANGEL There's a few more in the marathon. Do you have the time?

GOD I can use the day off. (beams) Elizabeth Taylor.

ANGEL Cat on A The Hot Tin Roof. (turns to God) Are you sure you should be watching this? 

GOD Are you suggesting I watch PG-13?

ANGEL (embarrassed) No, of course not. (returns to images) The Verdict!

GOD I haven't seen it.

ANGEL It's about a heavy drinking, down-on-his-luck lawyer looking for a come back.

GOD Good for him. (glancing at the next cloud) Hud?

ANGEL The man with the barbed wire soul.

GOD Hmmm. I see we're out of popcorn. (rises) I'll make dinner. 

The Angel watches the serene figure admiringly as He carefully prepares their meal. Upon His return,

ANGEL God, thanks for having given me such a blessed life. 

GOD I'd say it was the other way around, Paul. (sits) What's next?

PAUL Absence of Malice.

FADE TO BLACK