A character named Floyd has spent his entire life in the small, southern town of Rodenberg, TX. In this insular town, routine and traditional attitudes trump most progress. However, one day, Floyd becomes distracted as he takes a stroll down some familiar railroad tracks due to the terror and confusion he experiences upon noticing two men kissing in the woods. Floyd is so flabbergasted and dismayed that he is nearly killed by a fast-approaching train and a family of rabid possums. Following his brush with death, Floyd begins to think more existentially. He and his friend, a kindergarten teacher named Butts, resolve to travel and expand their philosophical horizons in order to see what a couple of hillbillies can make of this post-modern world.