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Chapters (17)
  1. Cover
  2. About the Author
  3. ALSO BY DAEL ORLANDERSMITH
  4. Title Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Part 1 - Yellowman
  7. PRODUCTION CREDITS
  8. CHARACTER NOTES
  9. PART I
  10. PART II
  11. PART III
  12. PART IV
  13. PART V
  14. Part 2 - My Red Hand, My Black Hand
  15. PRODUCTION CREDITS
  16. CHARACTER NOTES
  17. Copyright

ALMA: I say “Love you too”–I feel myself breathing faster–I feel myself breathing faster and faster–I feel myself breathing like Odelia–I feel myself dog panting–panting like a dog–

EUGENE: I bring Alma back to the apartment I’m staying in–

ALMA: I sip some bourbon–

EUGENE: She’s so nervous–“You’re beautiful Alma–it’s okay”–

ALMA: He removes my clothes–I look into the bedroom mirror. (ODE LIA) “Fat ting–ole ugly black fat ting”–

EUGENE: I lay her on the bed–I touch her–I touch those warm breasts–

ALMA: How do I look against these sheets–how fat, black, and ugly do I look against these sheets? I tighten myself–I will make myself tight against these sheets.

EUGENE: I make love to her–I do it slow–I do not ride her–I make love to her.

ALMA: (ODELIA) “Fat ole ugly black ting”–

EUGENE: I’m inside of her–all the way inside of her–

ALMA: I’m being ripped apart–Part of me wants to melt/slide into it–another part of me is being ripped apart–How do I look against the sheets?

EUGENE: It’s okay–it’s the first time–

ALMA: I’m being ripped apart–I’m bleeding–I’m being ripped apart for being a “fat black ugly” thing–I will not glide–I will not melt–I will not pant–(Beat) I want to glide into this/I want to melt into this–

EUGENE: I’m inside her–I want to always be inside her. “I love you Alma–I want to marry you–you’re the only one”–

ALMA: He loves me–he says I’m beautiful–he loves me–(Beat) I love him–(Beat) “I love you too Gene.”

PART V

EUGENE: I go to New York once a month to visit. I’ve been going for a year but I don’t care. I know I’m seeing Alma, and we’ve decided to get married.

ALMA: Gene is patient with me. Patient when we touch. I can’t believe how patient he is–how soft he is.

EUGENE: She’s beginning to initiate lovemaking–she’s buying underwear and perfume.

ALMA: I’m feeling gorgeous–I’m truly feeling gorgeous.

EUGENE: It’s Sunday–a glorious Sunday morning. Filled up on love from Saturday night. Made love all night long Saturday night and still filled up on Sunday. (To Alma) “You were great Alma.”

ALMA: “Mister so were you.”

EUGENE: “Let’s stay here and never move–we can stay here like this for the rest of our lives”–

ALMA: “Yeah and we can call people to deliver food and then go away”–

EUGENE: “Make up terrific lies for someone else to pay our bills”–

ALMA: “I’ll only go out to buy more underwear and perfume”–

EUGENE: “Awright now”–

ALMA: “You like that idea?”