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Sukoon-Mag-Issue-6-S-2015
Sukoon-Mag-Issue-6-S-2015
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MANJU<br />
Those only, Miss. I watch those only over <strong>and</strong> over<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>. If you heard me with your eyes closed, you<br />
wouldn’t even know I’m not a native. I mean, Miss,<br />
would you...<br />
The Girl already has her eyes closed.<br />
GIRL<br />
Go ahead.<br />
MANJU<br />
If I bloody well say so, <strong>the</strong>n it bloody well is so.<br />
Those bloody people. No bloody manners. Now open your<br />
bloody eyes <strong>and</strong> look at me, I said...<br />
The girl opens her eyes <strong>and</strong> smiles.<br />
GIRL<br />
You’re bloody perfect.<br />
MANJU<br />
(giggl<strong>in</strong>g) Thank you, thank you, Miss. The hundreds of<br />
times I have practiced bloody, I can’t even tell you,<br />
can’t even count...<br />
GIRL<br />
Try.<br />
MANJU<br />
Twenty times a day, every day for a week - that makes<br />
twenty <strong>in</strong>to five... No, wait... regular week is seven<br />
days, so that is twenty <strong>in</strong>to...<br />
A GUNSHOT offstage followed by a recognizably<br />
Palest<strong>in</strong>ian SONG like “Wayn A Ramallah.” The Girl<br />
<strong>and</strong> Manju listen.<br />
MANJU<br />
You want me to change <strong>the</strong> channel, Miss? I can’t st<strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong>se shout<strong>in</strong>g-bout<strong>in</strong>g movies.<br />
GIRL<br />
That’s <strong>the</strong> news, Manju.<br />
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