Danny and the Deep Blue Sea

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So, what’s your name?

Danny. What, you forgot already.

No, I remember now.

Yours is Roberta.

You got a good memory.

No big deal.

You didn’t mind?

What.

Being with me?

No.

After what I told you? About my father?

No. Why would I care.

Don’t be stupid. You want something to drink?

Whaddya got.

I got some red wine.

Okay

I only got one cup.

That’s okay, I’ll drink out of the bottle.

No. Would you mind? We could both drink from the cup.

No, I don’t mind. (he drinks) It tastes like piss.

I’ll light a candle.

Alright.

You like my room?

Yeah. It’s good.

It used to be a closet. I painted it myself

Uh-huh.

I light this candle, close this door… you see that round light up on that roof?

Yeah, I see it.

The guy who liver over there out that light up because he’s got a pigeon coop, and people were stealing his pigeons. Don’t you think it looks like a moon?

No.

Come on, look at it.

Alright, yea it does a little.

Like a full moon, every night.

(Danny howls)

Com on, what are you doing?

Howlin at the moon.

Oh. Well, you ain’t no wolf out in the woods, so keep it down. My father will hear you.

Fuck ‘em.

You got the most strange eyes.

Shut up.

I mean it.

Shut up.

Are you blushing?

Hell no. Who the hell do you think I am.

You are!

I wanna ask you somethin’.

What?

Who… I mean how old are you

I already told you! And you have a good memory!

Right, right. So how old’s your kid.

Your just tryna’ change the subject.

So what if I am. No really. I wanna know; how old is he.

He’s gonna be thirteen.

Old.

Yeah. He’s got big hands and feet. He’s gonna be a big guy. Now he’s gonna be in high school…

Wow, you’re gonna have a kid in high school.

Yeah, ain’t that a laugh? I hope he does better than I did. But he won’t.

Why not.

He’s all messed up.

What’s wrong with him.

He’s a jerk. He’s got me for a mother.

It ain’t his fault. (She slaps him)

If you’re gonna be a wise-ass, why don’t you just get the hell out of here. I don’t need that. I don’t need anything like that.

What’s the issue with you.

Attackin’ the way I raise my kid.

I didn’t say nothin. You said it. And keep your hands to yourself or you could lose ‘em.

That kid was just born crazy, that’s all… my mother don’t understand that.

Hey. I never said nothin’ about your motherhood. You’re probably good.

No, I’m not.

You probably are though.

You think so?

Sure.

Thanks.

You got some smack.

You alright?

No big deal. It almost felt… I felt good.

Me too.

It does look like the moon.

You think so?

Yeah. I was out in the country once. At night you never seen so many stars. It gave me a headache. But then I saw that there was this one bunch, that looked like a big fish. A tuna or something. A big fish jumpin’ around in the stars. And cause I could see something in there, you know, something that added up, the whole thing didn’t give me a headache no more. That sound stupid.

You must like the country?

I hate the country.

Why?

All those damn trees. They smell bad.

No!

Yeah. They stink up everything out there like aftershave. And bugs, all over the place. Mud. Rocks in your shoes. You can keep it.

You’re funny.

Who’s laughin’.

Not me.

I had this teacher. He said I was stupid. Right in front of everybody. So I punched him in his eye. It swelled up real good. So they sent me to this camp in the woods, to straighten me out. I don’t know what they was thinkin’ about. Gettin’ bit by a bunch of bugs and slopping around in the mud wasn’t gonna change my mind about that worthless teacher.

I went to the deli this morning to get a roll. Chinese guy put it in the bag. I looked at his face. And he was happy, I could tell. Bad things happen, I guess, to him sometimes, but you could tell things wasn’t bad for him.

Let’s go throw a rock through his window.

No. I got another idea. Let’s be like him, Danny. For tonight anyways. Let’s be happy.

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