Smithereens Press Chapbooks 'Zero at the Bone' by David Wheatley

SCENE THIRTEEN MCALLISTER [With bottle.] Sorry, I didn’t catch your name. Whiskey? NEMO I knew this Irish once. Filthy bastard. MCALLISTER Rufus T. Firefly? Jake Balokowski? NEMO [Not following.] That’s not him. Always, drunk, he would start on me with the names and the fists. MCALLISTER Chico Marx... NEMO That’s not him either. Polack, Dago, Kike... You think you Irish so special? Suck my cock! I whack him over the head, one day, with a spade. MCALLISTER ‘With the riz of a loy...’ [Aside.] I knew this guy was well-read. [Aloud.] I try flattery too when nothing else works. NEMO This is funny? I am like joke to you? MCALLISTER I don’t see anyone laughing. [Pause.] Where’s that Saxon? 35

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