[A HOMELESS MAN]
Christmas bells are ringing
Christmas bells are ringing
Christmas bells are ringing
Somewhere else!
Not here
[The HOMELESS MAN exits. ANGEL gets a good beat going on the tub,]
[but is interrupted by a moan. He starts to drum again and sees]
[COLLINS limp to downstage-left proscenium.]
[ANGEL]
You okay honey?
[COLLINS]
I’m afraid so
[ANGEL]
They get any money?
[COLLINS]
No
Had none to get —
But they purloined my coat —
Well you missed a sleeve! — Thanks
[ANGEL]
Hell, it’s Christmas Eve
I’m Angel
[COLLINS]
Angel..? Indeed
An angel of the first degree
Friends call me Collins — Tom Collins
Nice tree …
[ANGEL]
Let’s get a band-aid for your knee
I’ll change, there’s a “Life Support” meeting at nine-thirty
Yes — this body provides a comfortable home
For the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
[COLLINS]
As does mine
[ANGEL]
We’ll get along fine
Get you a coat, have a bite
Make a night — I’m flush
[COLLINS]
My friends are waiting —
[ANGEL]
You’re cute when you blush
The more the merri — ho ho ho
And I do not take no
[ANGEL and COLLINS walk off stage right.]
