For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange

Author:Ntozake Shange
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scribner

All the lights fade except for a

special on the lady in red; the lady

in red exits into the stage left volm.

The lady in blue enters from up

right.

lady in blue

i usedta live in the world

then i moved to HARLEM

& my universe is now six blocks

when i walked in the pacific

i imagined waters ancient from accra/ tunis

cleansin me/ feedin me

now my ankles are coated in grey filth

from the puddle neath the hydrant

my oceans were life

what waters i have here sit stagnant

circlin ol men’s bodies

shit & broken lil whiskey bottles

left to make me bleed

i usedta live in the world

now i live in harlem & my universe is six blocks

a tunnel with a train

i can ride anywhere

remaining a stranger

NO MAN YA CANT GO WITH ME/ I DONT EVEN

KNOW YOU/ NO/ I DONT WANNA KISS YOU/

YOU AINT BUT 12 YRS OLD/ NO MAN/ PLEASE

PLEASE PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE/ TOMORROW/ YEAH/

NO/ PLEASE/ I CANT USE IT

i cd stay alone

a woman in the world

then i moved to

HARLEM

i come in at dusk

stay close to the curb

The lady in yellow enters, she’s

waiting for a bus.

round midnite

praying wont no young man

think i’m pretty in a dark mornin

The lady in purple enters, she’s

waiting for a bus.

wdnt be good

not good at all

to meet a tall short black brown young man fulla his power

in the dark

in my universe of six blocks

straight up brick walls

women hangin outta windows

like ol silk stockings

cats cryin/ children gigglin/ a tavern wit red curtains

bad smells/ kissin ladies smilin & dirt

sidewalks spittin/ men cursing/ playin

The lady in orange enters, she is

being followed by a man, the

lady in blue becomes that man.

‘I SPENT MORE MONEY YESTERDAY

THAN THE DAY BEFORE & ALL THAT’S MORE N YOU

NIGGAH EVER GOTTA HOLD TO

COME OVER HERE BITCH

CANT YA SEE THIS IS $5’

never mind sister

dont pay him no mind

go go go go go go sister

do yr thing

never mind

i usedta live in the world

really be in the world

free & sweet talkin

good mornin & thank-you & nice day

uh huh

i cant now

i cant be nice to nobody

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