Everyday Black Man Page #7
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- 2010
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You'll be there.
Yeah, and who
am l really benefiting?
ls that you talking,
or is that Malik?
Because if it's Malik,
let me tell you about him.
Tell her what?
-Tell her what, Brother Moses?
-Nothing.
l was just telling Moses
that l was thinking maybe
l'd work in the store full-time.
l love that idea.
Don't you, Sonny?
Yeah?
What about you, Brother Moses?
Ain't that a great idea?
Claire can run deliveries for me.
She's going to school.
Yeah, well, Claire knows, l know,
and especially you know.
Yeah, but those schools
are made for white people.
She can't really learn
at those schools.
Are you going to be her new teacher?
ls that it?
Why not?
l could teach her a thing or two.
l'm tired.
Would you take me home?
l would, baby, you know,
but l got too much work to do.
-Brother Manny's out front.
-l can take her.
Sonny can close up.
Okay.
See you, baby.
Unless you got
some business here.
Only to help you run your business,
brother.
Ah, that's what l thought.
Sonny, you close up tight.
Go on upstairs,
no hanging around.
Sonny is going to be fine,
Brother Moses.
to look after him, standing on patrol.
What's going to happen to him?
Y'all get her home safe.
You do as l say.
Don-- Don-- Don't treat me like--
no kid.
l-- l'm-- l'm a man.
-All right.
-Remember?
Sonny.
Know why he don't treat you
like no man?
Because all you do all day
is shuffle that broom.
You-- you don't know nothing
about me.
Yeah, but l know what it's like
to be treated like a little boy.
You get treated like a boy
because you act like one.
Oh, you better watch out, Sef.
You best shut the f*** up.
ls that what it is, Sonny?
You know what?
Maybe if you did
some of your own work
instead of waiting for Brother Moses
to hand it out to you,
he would treat you like a man.
But-- but-- but Moses--
Moses knows what l can do.
Of course he does, that's why
you go on upstairs at night,
like a good old boy, and you're
going to close the door real tight.
What are you going to do
when you get up there?
Going to put
your little jammies on, n*gger?
ls that what you call 'em?
Probably call 'em ''jammies''.
Say, ''Moses,
where my j-j-j-jammies at?''
l'm-- l'm-- l'm a man!
You a man?
l'm-- l'm a man!
-He a man, Malik.
-You a man?
You a man? Huh?
You a man?
l'm-- l'm a m--
l-- l--
Prove it to me.
Make one more delivery.
One more, just one more.
l don't know what's--
in these boxes, Malik.
Don't bullshit me.
You know exactly
what's in those boxes.
Surprise!
lt's a little old pie.
Just a little old pie, Sonny!
F*** him, Malik.
Let him go to bed.
He a little boy.
He don't want to carry no pie.
He want to go lay in the bed
with his pajamas on.
-Take your ass upstairs.
-All right.
Take your ass upstairs.
You just a b-b-boy!
Sh*t!
Give-- give me it.
What you going to do with that?
Hmm?
Sure you can handle it?
Answer him!
Think you can handle that sh*t?
l-- but-- Malik-- Shut up!
Now, that's a big pie.
Big street.
Look how dark it is outside.
Takes big balls to walk that pie
where l need it to be walked.
Takes big balls.
-You a man?
-l-- l'm a man.
You a man?
l'm-- l'm a-- l'm a man!
l don't believe you.
l-- l-- l'm a man!
Aw, sh*t!
We got a man on our hands, now!
We got a man, now!
Okay.
l-- l'm-- l'm a man!
l see you.
You a f***ing man, Sonny.
Go ahead, Sonny.
l believe you.
You sound like a man.
l-- l'm a-- l'm a man.
l believe you.
Say it again.
l-- l-- l'm a man!
Sonny.
Sonny.
Don't get lost.
Me-- men don't get lost!
Okay.
See you later.
That's too bad.
No.
l'll walk you up.
lt's okay.
Thanks for the ride.
You know, Moses,
Malik is doing a lot to help you out.
And me. l just don't understand
why you treat him like he's bad.
You don't know him.
What?
What is so bad about him?
Just a few days ago
you had a plan.
Your life was going somewhere
where you wanted it to go.
Your hopes, your dreams.
everything's gone to sh*t.
All because he says
it's not good enough.
And you didn't say that.
He said that.
No, that is not true.
l was having doubts
before l ever met Malik.
And l've said that to you,
and my grandmother,
and she doesn't listen,
because that's her dream, Moses!
Yeah, right.
Malik says that you're just jealous.
Excuse me?
Of us.
Because you don't have anybody.
Claire, l have a love for you.
l have reaI love for you.
l want only what is best for you.
l think of you as my daughter.
l knew your mother and your father.
l know how much you are loved.
Some of their dreams and their
hopes for your future, their plans.
You knew my father?
How come you never told me that?
Well, it's kind of complicated.
Yeah, because you know,
as well as l know, Moses,
that my father didn't love me.
That's just not true.
Don't claim to know something
that you don't!
My father left me
when my mother died,
he never sent me a letter,
a card, he's never sent me money,
nothing!
Sometimes, baby,
things just aren't that easy.
No, it's pretty easy to tell someone
that you love them,
or you care about them, Moses,
you just have to make the effort.
Do you know my father
didn't even bury my mother?
He left that, like everything else,
to my grandmother!
So, fine, maybe l'm just following
in my mother's footsteps.
How's that?
By loving somebody
that isn't worth loving.
Then, stop it!
But that's what you're saying,
isn't it, Moses?
That Malik isn't worth anything,
that l can do better?
l think you can.
How can l?
Look around here, Moses!
Do you see any better
options for me? Do you?
That's what l thought.
l appreciate you, Moses.
But you can play father
Claire.
[ Car door slams ]
Damn!
Hey, baby, what's up?
Moses?
You planning
on ringing the doorbell?
l need you to talk to Claire.
You got to tell her,
''Stay away from the store.''
She won't listen to me.
Moses, Claire's a grown woman.
She can make her own decisions.
She's a kid, Gloria.
She's just a kid.
You okay, Moses?
He is not good for her.
l seen what he did with women.
He uses them.
He uses them up
until they ain't got nothing left.
The worst kind of man!
And l can't do nothing to save her.
l don't understand.
l just wanted to make
a way for me and Claire.
Now everything seems--
lt's hopeless.
Wait, you and Claire?
l-- l--
She deserves something better.
Real family. Real father.
Moses!
l--
Moses!
And l failed at everything!
l don't believe that.
You're a good woman.
A good woman, Gloria.
Talk to her.
Please.
[ Sirens wail ]
Sonny?
[ lndistinct talking
Sonny?
[ Sirens wail ]
Sonny?
[ Knock on door ]
[ Knock on door ]
[ Knock on door ]
Sonny?
[ Sirens wail ]
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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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