Pass Over by Antoinette Nwandu

Author:Antoinette Nwandu [Nwandu, Antoinette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780802147431
Publisher: Grove Atlantic
Published: 2019-01-16T16:00:00+00:00

ACT TWO

The following night, though later than Act One.

Moses, wearing the hoodie, sleeps as before.

Kitch keeps watch as before.

Then Moses wakes up.

MOSES yo kill me now

KITCH bang bang

MOSES nigga

KITCH what’s good

my nigga

MOSES man

you know

KITCH you know

i know

Moses gives Kitch a look that stops this game short.

MOSES man

what’chu fixta do today

man damn

KITCH man

i’on know man

what’chu fixta do

MOSES i’on know either

KITCH what

MOSES sed i’on know

nigga damn

KITCH man

quit playin

MOSES i’m not playin

shit

KITCH promised land

top ten

go

MOSES sed

i don’t wanna

play games now

kitch

KITCH a’ight then

count for me

i’ll go

MOSES nigga

KITCH oh

oh i’m sorry

can you not count

MOSES … . .

KITCH fuck you then

i’ll count for myself

MOSES please don’t

KITCH (sung in the style of the funky seventies Sesame Street pinball tune.)

ONE TWO THREE

FOUR FIVE

SIX SEVEN EIGHT

NINE TEN

ELEVEN TWELVE

(then, louder)

ONE TWO THREE

FOUR FIVE

SIX SEVEN EIGHT

NINE TEN

ELEVEN TWELVE

(then, even louder)

ONE TWO THREE

FOUR FIVE

SIX SEVEN EIGHT

NINE TEN—

MOSES a’ight nigga

stop

stop

KITCH who me

MOSES i play one round

then yo gon leave my ass alone

a’ight

KITCH … . .

MOSES nigga don’t play

KITCH a’ight man damn

ol funky ass nigga

count off

MOSES one

KITCH man

i ain’t sed nuthin yet

MOSES hurry up then

damn

Kitch takes his sweet precious time.

KITCH uuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmm

lemme see

what do i want

what do i want

what do i wa–

MOSES kitch

KITCH new air jordans

not thrift store new

new new

MOSES one

KITCH man

i ain’t finished

MOSES … . .

KITCH so when

rochelle see me

she gon be like—

MOSES (as Rochelle) uh nigga

i’m still gon pass

KITCH nigga

MOSES what nigga

you know i’m right

KITCH ain’t mean

you gotta ruin my list

Moses makes a gesture that says “you right.”

new air jordans

MOSES one

KITCH tickets

to da most expensive concert

dis summer

MOSES tw–

KITCH uh uh uh [not yet]

dat me and rochelle go to

on a really really wonderful

first date

MOSES (resisting the urge to talk shit) two

KITCH a fish tank

wit two sharks in it

a starfish

and a stingray

MOSES three

KITCH a house

to put my big ass fish tank

in

MOSES fo

KITCH a bright yellow ferrari

no

porsche

no

ferrari

yeah

a bright yellow ferrari f12berlinetta

in da driveway

MOSES nigga what

KITCH nigga

trust

MOSES a’ight then

five

KITCH like three

gold chains

MOSES six

KITCH me and you

seein dat sunrise

wit’out dem po-pos

messin our shit up first

MOSES seven

KITCH and then

and then

dem po-pos

dey don’t ever come back

cuz like

i don’t know

like

dey guns don’t work no more

like dey

(gasp) like dey get fucked up

by god and shit

MOSES nigga

KITCH cuz he send down

plagues and shit

like

fuck you egyptian po-pos

here’s some locusts

and some—

what’s da other plagues

MOSES like uh dragon

breathin fire

on dem po-pos

KITCH there’s a dragon

in da bible

MOSES yeah nigga

in habakkuk

KITCH yo

MOSES and wizards

in isaiah

KITCH maaaaaaan

MOSES or was it

talkin snakes

KITCH okay

i get it

MOSES yo

do you

KITCH … . .

MOSES ain’t sed yo list

wudn’t good or nuthin

jess ain’t real life

KITCH iss better

den sittin there

feelin sorry for yo’self

MOSES do what’chu can

what can you do

KITCH nigga

MOSES yo kitch

you mad

KITCH yeah man i’m mad

naw man i’m good

MOSES my nigga

KITCH yo ass a trip

MOSES yo

you iz too

KITCH yo moses man

you want some weed

MOSES man

here you go

KITCH yo

do you

MOSES why

you got some kitch

KITCH yeah nigga

i do

MOSES yo what

KITCH jess playin

but yo

we got dat pie

MOSES nigga

KITCH what nigga damn

we do

MOSES yo

how you figure

KITCH dat white dude

nigga

dat picnic

MOSES what picnic

KITCH yesterday

nigga damn

MOSES had uh picnic

yesterday

KITCH what’chu

sayin it wasn’t

MOSES sayin

i don’t really know

KITCH cuda sworn dat shit

was yesterday

MOSES cuda sworn

dat shit

was jess a dream

KITCH (imitating Mister) why salutations

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