

He knows that, if he is ever going to get to spend time with Lula, the first thing he needs to do is get her away from her momma. ”When he was on the road gang he had thought about Lula’s eyes, swum in them as if they were great cool, grey lakes with small violet islands in the middle. The minute he steps out of prison, Sailor is on his way to find Lula Pace Fortune. It shouldn’t work that way, but that is the system we have. The better the lawyer, the less likely a defendant will become a victim of the justice system, and Poe and Ripley got crappy lawyers. One of those convictions that reminds me of the royal shafting that Cameron Poe received in the movie Con Air(1997), which is an interesting association because Nicholas Cage plays Cameron Poe and he also plays Sailor Ripley in the movie version of Wild at Heart(1990). Sailor Ripley has just stepped out of prison from serving time for a bullshit manslaughter charge. ‘You move me, Sailor, you really do,’ she said. ”Lula pulled Sailor over to her and kissed him soft on the mouth.
