Music: Huang Ruo
JOSEPHINE
Hey Danny
I know you don’t get
Online much these days.
Hey Danny,
Just finished midterms
St. Francis isn’t hard,
High school was lots worse.
Hey Danny
Your parents wants to know
More about where you are
And if it’s hard work.
Hey Danny
I know you’ll do well
I still see our future
After you come home.
JOSEPHINE
Merry Christmas, mother Chen.
MOTHER CHEN
You are a good girl.
You have been
A good friend to Danny.
JOSEPHINE
I got some emails.
MOTHER CHEN
The best gift of all!
What does he say?
DANNY
Like hell this is hard work
But it’s what I signed up for.
Tell my mother
I miss her dumplings
The food is crap here
We eat mre’s.
JOSEPHINE
(to Mother Chen:)
He misses your dumplings.
MOTHER CHEN
Is he well?
JOSEPHINE
(to Danny:)
I wish you’d tell us
How you really are.
DANNY
Tell my mother
To get her eyes checked
She needs a new prescription
Her glasses are for shit.
JOSEPHINE
(to Mother Chen:)
He wants you to see the doctor.
MOTHER CHEN
Is he safe?
JOSEPHINE
(to Danny:)
We worry about you
You sound so strange.
DANNY
Tell my parents
They should move
Someplace safer
Than Avenue D
JOSEPHINE
He wants you to be careful.
MOTHER CHEN
Is he being careful?
DANNY
Tell my parents
Stay warm this winter.
JOSEPHINE
He wants you to stay warm.
MOTHER CHEN
Is this what he wants?
JOSEPHINE
I think so
Far as I can tell.
DANNY
One last thing
Josephine, I miss you.
JOSEPHINE
He says, he says ...
He misses us all.