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Scene 12 - The Prison Cell

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 June 2019

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LEWIS comes through the door. He is still reciting some of JIMMY'ys poetry.

LEWIS: I am the river that flows through Africa!

I am the rock and the desert sand

I am the broken chain

Forged in the bitter fire

I am the river that flow through Africa!

JIMMY: Back again, Lewis?

LEWIS: Just a friendly visit, Jimmy.

JIMMY: Just a friendly visit!

LEWIS: Sure, a friendly, friendly visit.

JIMMY: Oh, come on, Lewis! A friendly visit to a bank robber?

LEWIS: Queenie's getting agitated, Jimmy.

JIMMY: And so?

LEWIS: You know how that woman can talk.

JIMMY: Aagh!

LEWIS: Why you upsetting the Chief of Police, Jimmy? What you telling her?

JIMMY: I'm telling her nothing!

LEWIS: Come on, Jimmy.

JIMMY: Listen, I'm telling her what she knows already!

LEWIS: Well, then, it seems she doesn't know that she knows it!

JIMMY: Lewis, I'm in jail, I'm accused of bank robbery. I got no cards to play.

LEWIS: You're seeing the Chief of Police!

JIMMY: I'm seeing Queenie Dlamini! Why is that upsetting you, Lewis?

LEWIS: Every time you talk to the Chief of Police, she goes squealing to her people.

JIMMY: And so?

LEWIS: There are just some things, Jimmy, the cops just don't need to know.

JIMMY: Ayi, suga … (Hey, bugger off…)

LEWIS: People are getting upset, Jimmy.

JIMMY: Which people?

LEWIS: People you need on your side.

JIMMY: No-one's on my side, Lewis! I'm on my own. You guys are leaving me with no option.

LEWIS: You're not being sensible, Jimmy.

JIMMY: Listen, if I rot in jail you all coming down with me! Put that in your pipe and smoke it! I'm not gonna be anybody's martyr!

LEWIS: Nobody wants you rotting in jail, Jimmy. We're working on a plan.

JIMMY: What you got in mind, Lewis?

LEWIS: Stop talking to Queenie, and start talking to Lewis, Jimmy. You gotta tell me all you know.

JIMMY: How do I know that if I tell you what I know, you not gonna tell it to the wrong people?

LEWIS: Listen Jimmy, you talking to me, Lewis Matome. Have you forgotten? My people are not the wrong people!

JIMMY: You get me out of here, and I'll tell you what you need to know.

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Publisher: Wits University Press
Print publication year: 2000

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