- FADE IN:
- INT. AMELIA'S BEDROOM - LATE AFTERNOON
- Amelia sits in a rolling chair in front of a large mirror over her dresser.
- Tattoo ink, needles, and other tattooing paraphernalia are neatly arrayed on the low dresser surface.
- Amelia is dressed in a black tanktop.
- She holds a tattooing machine by her neck, the needle drawing blood as black ink is injected under her skin.
- She dips the needle in ink.
- INT. AMELIA'S CHILDHOOD BEDROOM - DAY
- YOUNG AMELIA runs around her bed, trying to get away from her MOTHER.
- Her mother, dressed in a crisp business pantsuit, chases her into the corner and backhands her.
- Young Amelia falls to the carpeted floor.
- INT. AMELIA'S BEDROOM - LATE AFTERNOON
- Amelia draws the outlines of flower on her neck, focusing carefully in the mirror.
- INT. AMELIA'S CHILDHOOD BEDROOM - DAY
- Amelia's mother holds her down, taking a lighter from her purse.
- MOTHER
- You're an evil little girl. I don't want to do this, but you push me, you push me, and you get what's coming.
- Young Amelia squirms away, crying.
- Her mother grabs her arm and begins burning her, adding new scars to patches of scar tissue that run up her arm and neck.
- INT. AMELIA'S BEDROOM - LATE AFTERNOON
- Amelia is filling in the flower with a rich cobalt, creating a stylized, blue, cherry blossom.
- Each of the blossoms covers a scar, her last flower, begin to create a beautiful mask over the shiny, slick, burned tissue that runs up the side of her neck.
- She puts the needle down and inspects her handiwork.
- The full tattoo stretches down from her neck, around her shoulder and down her arm, a beautiful semi-abstract painting on a living canvas.
- She smiles a little into the mirror and traces the path of the tattoo up her arm, remembering.
- FADE TO BLACK.
Friday, September 12, 2008
256. Blue Flowers - Leslie
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