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Scene 8: 22 Heathfield Gardens
(Tommy is alone with Cousin Kevin, his new baby-sitter)
Cousin Kevin
Cousin Kevin
We're on our own, cousin
All alone cousin,
Let's think of a game to play
Now that the grownups have all gone away
You won't be as much fun
Being blind, deaf and dumb
But I've no one to play with today.
D'you know how to play hide and seek?
To find me it would take you a week
But tied to a chair you won't go anywhere…
There's a lot I can do with a freak.
(Cousin Kevin sticks a lampshade on Tommy's head,
then flings it away, pushes him out the front door
and leaves him out there.)
How would you feel if I turned on the bath,
Ducked your head under and started to laugh?
What would you do if I shut you outside
To stand in the rain
And catch cold so you died?
I'm the school bully!
The classroom cheat!
The nastiest play-friend
You ever could meet.
I'll stick pins in your fingers
And tread on your feet…
(Against a projection of a London backstreet
filled with laundry lines, Cousin Kevin sicks
Tommy into the trash can, puts the lid on and
sits on top)
We're on our own, cousin
All alone cousin,
Let's think of a game to play
Now that the grownups have all gone away
You won't be as much fun
Being blind, deaf and dumb
But I've no one to play with today.
( The backdrop changes to the courtyard behind
the church. Cousin Kevin rolls the trash can on it's
side, finally dumping Tommy out in a heap. The
Church Youth Club full of tough-looking boys and
girls, gather around them. They toss Tommy around
and treat him as if he were a living mannequin,
dressing him in odd hats and scarves, sticking
cigarettes in his mouth and ears and lighting them)
Cousin Kevin & Local Lads & Lasses
Maybe a cigarette burn on your arm
Would change your expression to one of alarm.
I'll drag you around by a lock of your hair
Or give you a push at the top of the stairs…
I'm the school bully!
The classroom cheat!
The nastiest play-friend
You ever could meet.
I'll put glass in your dinner
And spikes in you seat…
(the Minister and his wife enter and everyone is
immediately on their best behavior..until they leave)
We're on our own, cousin
All alone cousin,
Let's think of a game to play
Now that the grownups have all gone away
You won't be as much fun
Being blind, deaf and dumb
But I've no one to play with today.
