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Inez and Norca used to be best friends, but they had a falling out
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Start: Inez: So I toal that ni@$a, “If the sh@% can’t stay up, then put the damn thing away, okay?
Norca: You said that sh@%?
Inez: Sister, please. Then he say, “Maybe if you”... and he start makin’ this gesture like he afraid ta say, “Put yo mouth on me,“ so instead he juss tries to mime it, like--
Norca: No he didn’t!
Inez: Oh, yes he did!
[.. ... ..]
End: Sonia: Yeah, people always think I’m someone else.
Inez: And then they slap you upside the head?
Sonia: Well, no, but sometimes I get the feeling that they want to.
(pause)
Inez: That’s...that’s strange.
(Inez exits)
Sonia: Yeah...Yeah, it is.
Guirgis, Stephen Adly, Our Lady of 121st Street, Dramatists Play Service Inc., 2004, Act 1, Scene 6.
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