An excerpt from speed dates with imaginary men, a ten minute play told in five dates.
CAROLINE
You went to jail?
LUKE THE DUKES
Can’t avenge your father’s death without killing a man.
CAROLINE
You killed a man?
LUKE THE DUKES
Had to babycakes. It was a matter of honor. Look see this
here..this skull with the knife through it, it’s a reminder...to die fighting.Look at it everyday in the john.
CAROLINE
What does the snake mean?
Luke takes off his shirt to reveal a gigantic
back tattoo.
LUKE THE DUKES The rattler’s crawling through the barbwire to reach a rose. See this writing there under my traps. It’s Japanese for every rose has its thorns. It’s a reminder of Angela-
CAROLINE
Did Angela die?
LUKE THE DUKES
I wish. Snake woman betrayed me...during the war.
CAROLINE
Which war?
LUKE THE DUKES
The big one.
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