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Ashbee and John Polk, two teenagers, met earlier in the evening at a low-scale bar in the French Quarter where John Polk was drinking in anticipation of his appointment with a prostitute at midnight on his birthday. About to turn 18, John Polk is dissatisfied and disgruntled about the state of his life, especially when it comes to college, romance, and friends. He belongs to a fraternity which he thought would help his social life, but instead his brothers do things like buy him appointments
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Start: Ashbee: A lot of jerks live here. Come on in. My bones are cold. Do you want a towel to dry off? John Polk: Yes, thank you. Ashbee: I’m sorry the place is so disheveled, but my father’s been out of town. I always try to pick up and all before he gets in. Of course he’s pretty used to messes. My mother never was too good at keeping things clean. John Polk: When’s he coming back?
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End: John Polk: Don’t they come out at night? I hear New Orleans has lot of rats. Ashbee: Yeah, yeah, it’s got lots of rats. John Polk: Then let’s dance all night and wait for them to come out. Ashbee: All right—but, but what about our feet? John Polk: Feet? Ashbee: They’ll hurt. John Polk: Yeah. Ashbee: Okay, then let’s dance.
Henley, Beth, Am I Blue, Dramatists Play Service, 1982.
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