SHERRY:
I got from her.
So fast, she didn’t see.
Didn’t care, maybe.
Maybe she so much, she don’t care | Maybe she has so much, she don’t care.

I see her, you understand?
I see her, I know she go from club there, her home there. On top floor, very top I am sure.
She live so high.
Late night I know, I see her.
Car come at night, I see her get out.
Different man, but they’re polite.
Hold her hand.
So nice.
Nice man.
Rich man.

I see her
I see her every day.
From massage place, back window I can see
No one around see me, but I see

I see her
I think
Give me
I see her hair, so pretty, some one fix it yes? Give me, I think

I see her I think
Why can I no have this? | Why can’t I have this?

These things she has
These things I want
Rings, and shoes, and sometime fur White fur, so clean like

I want, she have, she have but I want, do you understand?

Cars, taxis all night at night come home,
Car because she come home so late at night, you know? So very late.
But tonight –
I see her,
See her leaving club
No car, you understand
Walking, she’s walking.

She’s walking, I see her I follow, okay?

Penny appears, a memory, not ‘in’ the scene.

PENNY:
Excuse me.

SHERRY:
She not stop, just like this with her hand. | She doesn’t stop, just like this with her hand.
Like I have camera or want autograph. | Like I have a camera or want an autograph.
No, I’m not a fan. Not a movie fan. Not me. So I walk with her.
She walk faster.
I say, why you no take taxi?
Take taxi. Why you no take taxi? | Take taxi. Why no taxi?

PENNY:
None of your business.

SHERRY:
I know, I see, she only take taxi when she has men.
Men who go to her, understand?

I say, where man? Where your man? No man tonight, lady?

PENNY:
Go away.

SHERRY:
I know, I say, teach me, show me
You can do, show me
I want to do different

PENNY:
Leave me alone!

SHERRY:
I can do too.
Just lie on your back,
What I do,
Same
Okay.

PENNY:
What?

SHERRY:
Only different
Nice shoe
Nice dress
Otherwise same like me!

PENNY:
Shut the fuck up!

SHERRY:
I say
Help me, okay?
Help me I don’t come don’t follow | Help me then I won’t come, won’t follow

Help me
Give me some nice clothes

Or some nice thing
Some old thing you don’t want
You have extra
You have more
You have to help me

You teach me
I want to do like you
Live like you.

Show me to be friends
Friends with men
Who pay but don’t hurt
Who buy but don’t take

Show me how to do!

She stare at me, just stare

I beg, okay? Okay lady.
They are going to give me to a mean man.
They give me to him.
He’s mean, so bad, every one know this. | He’s mean, so bad, every one knows this.
Bad, bad man.
He pay, he pay a lot so they give me to him
The man, he come and he say he want smallest, okay, me!
That’s me!

He bad very bad… | He’s bad very bad…

She’s so stupid. She stare. She say nothing. I get mad. | She’s so stupid. She stare. She says nothing. I get mad

She say nothing, make me so mad! | She says nothing, make me so mad!
NOTHING! SHE THINK NOTHING! I GET MAD! |
NOTHING! SHE THINKS NOTHING! I GET MAD!

I scream, I scream!

Just give me, give me something! You have so much!
Give me something! Give to me give to me!

I grab her bag, I grab her dress, I grab her hair
I grab this thing, I grab to grab anything
Anything I can, I grab, I grab, I grab, I GRAB!

I grab and I pull close, you know.
My face close to her
Help me, I say

Help me.

Beat.

Nothing. Nothing in her eyes okay.

I see nothing, you understand?

I am not so much, not so strong, no family here.
But me?
Me?
But I am not nothing.
My eyes, can you see, still something!

I AM SOMETHING!

I take my hand off.

How can she be nothing?
She is all clean, and rich.
On TV. Many friends, many things.

But inside, in her eyes

She dead, she dead already. | She’s dead, she’s dead already.
I can’t see her.