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by Antoinette Nwandu


  you know

  i know

  MOSES you know

  i know

  you know

  i know

  you know

  KITCH you know

  i know

  you know

  i know

  you know

  you i—

  you know—

  you—

  shit!

  MOSES my nigga

  KITCH shit!

  MOSES you—

  shit you—

  KITCH fuck you nigga damn

  MOSES dat shit be funny tho

  KITCH yeah man it be a’ight

  MOSES (mocking) you i—

  you know—

  you—

  shit

  KITCH yo moses

  they come at’chu

  MOSES da fuck you think

  man damn

  KITCH ain’t let em break you tho

  i mean

  you let em break you moses

  MOSES niggaaaaa

  who da fuck i be

  KITCH you moses man

  you moses

  MOSES nigga damn

  they bess be glad

  i ain’t break them

  KITCH yo dat’s wassup

  MOSES ya herd

  Moses and Kitch give each other daps.

  yo moses

  dat’s wassup

  Moses and Kitch flinch.

  A moment. Silence. Stillness.

  Then, all clear.

  man

  what’chu fixta do today

  man damn

  KITCH man

  i’on know man

  what’chu fixta do

  MOSES got plans

  you feel me

  big ol plans

  KITCH got plans to stand there

  stroke yo dick

  MOSES man

  fuck you man

  KITCH nigga

  what kinda plans you got

  MOSES got plans to rise up to my full potential

  be all i could be

  you feel me

  KITCH left

  left

  left right left

  MOSES yo fuck you nigga

  dat shit ain’t funny

  KITCH yo moses man

  i thought it was

  MOSES nigga

  man i got plans

  to git my ass up off dis block

  KITCH off dis block here

  MOSES yeah nigga damn man

  i ain’t stutter

  KITCH a’ight nigga damn

  MOSES a’ight

  KITCH cept

  cept

  you gittin up off dis block man

  where you goin

  MOSES yo what

  KITCH i sed my nigga

  you gittin up off dis block

  where you gon go

  MOSES kitch

  KITCH what

  MOSES dat promised land

  KITCH promised land

  nigga damn

  you mean dat penthouse suite

  MOSES yo dat’s the one

  KITCH champagne on ice

  MOSES you know it

  KITCH (as an old white lady) hello, room service

  i’ll just have two lobster rolls

  MOSES das crazy right

  mad buttah on dat shit

  KITCH champagne all cold

  and shit

  MOSES chomp chomp

  KITCH yo caviar man

  bess not forget dat caviar

  MOSES yo

  you like fish eggs

  KITCH naw my nigga

  caviar

  MOSES nigga

  KITCH what nigga damn

  MOSES man caviar is

  fish eggs

  KITCH yo what

  MOSES yeah nigga damn

  tiny ass fish eggs

  KITCH ugh

  MOSES dis nigga

  KITCH yo moses man

  i ain’t know

  MOSES cud write a book wit all da shit

  yo ass don’t know

  KITCH prolly be more like ten books

  MOSES yeah you right

  KITCH nigga

  promised land top ten

  go

  MOSES nigga

  KITCH come on my nigga

  less play

  MOSES man

  ain’tchu tired

  KITCH jess go

  go

  MOSES collard greens and pinto beans

  KITCH dat’s two

  MOSES nigga don’t play

  dat counts as one

  KITCH yo how you figure

  MOSES iss one plate uh food

  KITCH one plate uh—

  MOSES nigga

  KITCH man

  yeah a’ight

  MOSES one hot plate

  uh collard greens and pinto beans

  how reverend missus

  usedta make em

  KITCH one

  MOSES brown bunnies

  KITCH two

  MOSES my bright red superman kite

  KITCH three

  MOSES drawer full uh clean socks

  KITCH okay see

  now dat’s a good one

  fo

  MOSES my brotha here wit me

  back from da dead

  KITCH five

  MOSES yo moms here too

  KITCH six

  MOSES soft sheets

  i’m sleepin on em good

  KITCH seven

  MOSES my woman next to me

  she sleepin on em too

  KITCH since when you got a woman

  MOSES i don’t

  KITCH but’chu sed—

  MOSES iss da promised land nigga

  if i wanna woman

  imma have me a woman

  KITCH okay nigga damn

  jess askin if you got candidates

  MOSES man i ain’t met her yet shit

  but dat’s a’ight

  i’ll know her when i see her man

  bess believe

  KITCH yo moses

  dat’s deep

  i’ll. know. her. when. i. see. her.

  yeah

  yeah i guess i knew

  rochelle was fixta be mine

  first time i seent her too

  MOSES she ain’tchors kitch

  KITCH i know

  MOSES yo do you

  KITCH we git up off dis block

  she fixta be mine

  MOSES ya

  fixta be

  KITCH a’ight man

  eight

  MOSES world peace

  KITCH nigga

  MOSES jess playin

  man lemme see

  dis place i seent one time

  had bright red tulips in it

  KITCH nine

  MOSES me and you

  wakin up in dat promised land

  instead uh jess

  wishin we wuz

  KITCH dat’s ten

  MOSES then

  dat’s my list

  KITCH maaaaaan

  how da fuck you spect

  we fixta git up off dis block

  MOSES yo kitch man

  first of all i ain’t sed “we”

  KITCH da fuck you mean by dat

  MOSES i mean yo ass ain’t comin

  KITCH what

  MOSES you ain’t invited

  nigga damn

  KITCH yo moses

  dat’s fucked up

  MOSES yo

  how you figure

  KITCH i know

  we ain’t no kinda family

  man

  i know

  you ain’t my brotha

  but

  but’choo my nigga tho

  you got plans

  mean i got plans right wit’chu

  moses

  moses

  i got plans right wit’chu right

  MOSES yeah okay

  KITCH yeah okay what

  MOSES okay yo ass invited
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br />   KITCH yesssss!!!

  MOSES yo ass gon rise up to yo full potential too

  gon git up off dis block

  matter fact

  man

  i’m gon lead you

  KITCH what

  MOSES you heard me nigga

  i’m leadin you off dis block

  man

  you remember

  dat sunday school

  ol reverend missus be like

  (as Reverend Missus) say i say moses

  lawd!

  i do declare

  you bout da bess lil boy

  up in dis sunday school

  you fixta live up to dat name too ain’tchu

  lead deez boys right off deez streets

  uh violence

  streets uh anger

  lead deez boys on to dat promised land

  KITCH (gasping) pass ovuh

  MOSES yeah nigga damn

  i feel like i cud do dis shit

  you feel me

  lead you off dis block

  KITCH amen!

  MOSES be all i cud be

  KITCH yes lawd!

  MOSES yo kitch

  you wit me dawg?

  KITCH no i am not

  MOSES yo nigga damn man

  what da fuck

  KITCH man

  look around you man

  what da fuck you fixta lead me cross

  you ain’t got no river

  MOSES man iss a mega-four

  KITCH uh what

  MOSES uh mega-four my nigga damn

  when one thang be like somethin else

  besides

  don’t need no river shit

  you got two feet

  KITCH man my feet hurt

  MOSES man here you go

  KITCH they do my nigga shit

  MOSES man what da fuck

  you scared?

  KITCH …. .

  MOSES yo tell da truth dawg

  is you?

  KITCH fuck you nigga

  you herd they

  picked off ed

  tho right

  MOSES yo werd

  KITCH that’s what they say

  MOSES yo

  light skinded ed

  or ed dat got dem dred locs

  KITCH dred locs

  MOSES yo dat nigga dead?

  KITCH po-pos smoked his ass last night

  MOSES my nigga damn man

  when it comes to killin niggas

  dem police be da angel death hisself

  KITCH yeah nigga damn they do

  and i ain’t tryina catch no bullets

  feel me

  MOSES yo what

  you think i am

  KITCH well iz you

  MOSES nigga

  KITCH moses man

  dem po-lice

  come round here

  gon ask dem same two questions

  (as Ossifer) who are you boy

  you goin somewhere

  MOSES what

  KITCH i sed

  who are you boy

  you goin somewhere

  i see you take

  so much as one step

  off dis block

  i shoot you dead

  you hear me

  dead

  MOSES yo kitch man

  what da fuck

  KITCH what nigga damn

  yo ass know good and goddamn well

  ain’t nuthin gon rile dem po-pos more

  than a nigga don’t know his place

  and right now

  you and me

  nigga damn

  our place right here

  MOSES yo kitch man

  not for nuthin

  but all dat shit right there

  plantation bullshit

  feel me nigga

  KITCH do what’chu can

  what can you do

  MOSES yo i cud

  leave yo black ass here

  KITCH …. .

  MOSES yeah

  ain’t got nuthin to say to dat

  now do you

  ol faggot ass nigga

  KITCH you leavin

  go ahead then go

  MOSES yo what

  KITCH i sed

  you leavin me nigga

  go ahead then go

  Moses does not go.

  MOSES yo kill me now

  KITCH bang bang

  A space of time. It’s sad and tense.

  MOSES yo kitch

  almost forgot my nigga

  you hungry?

  KITCH …. .

  Moses produces pizza crust and presents it to Kitch.

  MOSES it’s not delivery

  its digiorno’s

  KITCH no it ain’t

  my nigga damn

  MOSES damn nigga

  domino’s den shit

  KITCH yeah dat’s a’ight

  MOSES man dat’s a’ight?

  KITCH yeah nigga damn

  iss jess a’ight

  MOSES iss pizza

  nigga damn

  KITCH iss crust my nigga

  damn man don’t nobody eat dat crust

  MOSES i do

  KITCH bon appétit

  MOSES niggaaaaa

  KITCH what nigga damn

  MOSES man nuthin man

  iss jess …

  KITCH man what

  MOSES the least thang you could do

  is jess say thank you

  KITCH thank you

  for dis whack ass dry ass nasty crust

  MOSES yo fuck you nigga damn

  i eat dis shit my own self

  KITCH be my guest

  MOSES ol punk ass nigga

  (mocking) i’m gittin up off dis block

  right wit’chu right

  Moses eats for a time. Then …

  kitch

  KITCH …. .

  MOSES yo kitch

  come on man

  you mad

  KITCH yeah man i’m mad

  naw man i’m good

  MOSES my nigga

  KITCH damn man

  you a trip

  MOSES yo

  you iz too

  KITCH yo moses man

  you want some weed

  MOSES maaaaaaaaannn

  KITCH yo

  do you?

  MOSES nigga

  what da fuck man damn

  we gittin up off dis block

  we posedta

  man

  we posedta rise above dat shit

  be on our grind

  and dat right there

  man dat’s some real plantation shit

  (longish beat) so where iss at?

  KITCH where wuss at nigga damn?

  MOSES dis weed you on about

  my nigga damn man

  where iss at?

  KITCH man

  i ain’t got no weed

  MOSES then what’chu say you had some for

  KITCH i didn’t man

  i sed you want some weed

  MOSES of course i want some weed

  my nigga damn

  iss weed

  KITCH too bad i ain’t got none shit

  MOSES man i should fuck yur dumb ass up

  you know that

  KITCH moses man be cool

  Throughout the following Moses and Kitch tussle in that boyhood-manhood space between playing and fighting. Tickling. Titty twisters. Recreating video game and WWE moves, that kind of thing. It’s rough but not too rough.

  MOSES come here

  so i cud fuck yur dumb ass up

  on about some weed

  dat’chu ain’t got

  KITCH i sed i’m sorry

  MOSES fuck sorry

  nigga damn

  say uncle

  KITCH auntie

  nigga

  MOSES say uncle

  KITCH grandma

  grandpa

  auntie

  best friend

  stepdad

  nigga damn

 
MOSES say uncle shit

  KITCH yo

  uncle man

  goddammit

  uncle

  uncle

  Moses lets Kitch go.

  MOSES yeah i thought you wud

  KITCH you know dat’chu

  ain’t hurt me right

  MOSES i know i cud

  Moses and Kitch begin to tussle as before. But then, in the midst of that, they flinch.

  A moment. Silence. Stillness.

  Then, all clear.

  yo what da fuck!

  KITCH keep thinkin

  iss dem damn po-pos

  MOSES my nigga damn man

  since my brotha man—

  KITCH yo may he rest in peace

  MOSES yo thank you dawg

  man since they got him man

  all dis shit so—

  so—

  KITCH yeah i know

  A space of time. It’s sad.

  yo moses man

  you think we fixta git up off dis block for real?

  MOSES not fixta nigga damn

  we iz

  KITCH i know man damn

  we fixta iz

  MOSES niggaaaaa

  KITCH what nigga damn

  we fixta git up off dis block

  MOSES not fixta nigga damn

  we iz gon git up off dis block

  you feel me

  iz

  KITCH we is?

  MOSES we iz

  Moses offers Kitch some pizza crust.

  so what

  you in my nigga

  Kitch takes the crust.

  KITCH yeah my nigga damn

  less do dis shit right here

  MOSES yo dat’s wassup

  KITCH (old white lady) hello room service

  yes it’s me again

  i know i’m such a pain

  but could you also send up

  i don’t know like caviar—

  MOSES nigga

  KITCH cristal

  six bitches

  oh, and fifteen bars uh gold bullion

  cuz we be out dis bitch

  MOSES pass OVuh!

  KITCH pass ovUH!

  MOSES pass OVuh!

  KITCH pass ovUH!

  MOSES pass OVuh!

  KITCH pass ov–

  MISTER enters, carrying a small picnic basket. He’s wearing a light-colored suit and a baseball cap. He cannot speak with a Southern accent.

  MISTER why salutations

  and good evening to you, fellas!

  MOSES yo what da fuck man

  KITCH what da fuck

  MOSES how long yur ass

  been standin there

  man damn

  MISTER i think i’ve startled you that

  wasn’t my intention

  MOSES yo man

  you police?

  MISTER oh goodness no

  whatever gave you that idea

  MOSES white folks round dis way

  dey either po-pos or dey mormons

  yo you mormon

  MISTER goodness no

  religion

  whoa

  KITCH yo nigga damn

  cuz if you mormon

  i will tell yur ass right now

  fuck joseph smith my nigga damn

  i do not care

  MISTER i’m not a mormon

  or police

  you have my word

  MOSES man fuck yo word

  you got ID?

  MISTER i do in fact

  i do

  Mister reaches for his ID.

  MOSES KITCH

  man fuck ID whoa

  man keep dem hands whoa

  where i cud see dat shit whoa

  you feel me whoa

  Mister keeps his hands where they can see them.

  MISTER i take it not too many people

 

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