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Av’rage Man done turn nta Deadwood Dick. Put on boots n mosey on down<br />
trail.<br />
Him not want nothuh dance. Pretty Boy only good for one Tango.<br />
Av’rage Man now Ghetto Cowboy Man. Homey, Homey on da range...<br />
Pretty Boy make a.m. o’clocktail. Cry wid Miz Butterworth n Aint Jemima.<br />
Him fry bacon in freezer, crack shells in eggs, scorch grits, put salt in coffee.<br />
Maybe that why Av’rage man think Pretty Boy a bad cook.<br />
Last Call! LAST CALL! Last Dance! Last Chance for Romance! ...<br />
Pretty Boy still be sittin on bar stool. Not want it to fly away.<br />
Time tick-tock away. Pretty Boy 2 old 2 still be pretty. Much 2 old 2 be boy.<br />
But him painted by master on good canvas. Hold up damn well!<br />
Pretty Boy see hisself in bar mirror. It not crack.<br />
Him still got nice style, good color, strikin composition.<br />
Light bulb flash! over Pretty Boy head! In next life, him goan come back as Da<br />
Mona Lisa. Make good portrait in frame ... next to exit sign.<br />
Elmo Terry-Morgan is Associate Professor of Africana Studies, and Theatre, Speech<br />
and Dance; and is Artistic Director of Africana Studies’ Rites and Reason Theatre.<br />
His course Black Lavender: A Study of Plays with Black LGBT Content and the<br />
Africana Studies Department is convening The Black Lavender Experience,<br />
presentations of works by Black Queer playwrights, FolkThoughts and panels in<br />
April 2009.
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