(Josh, spoken)
So how've you been?
(Frank, spoken)
Oh? How have I been?
How have I been since you went by, josh?
How have I been, you ask sedately?
How have I been, excuse the cough, Josh
But I have started smoking lately
How do I feel? I have no answers
Only time will tell
Oh hell
I smell your smell
How do I feel? The world's exploding
How have I been? I'm doing very well!
(Josh, spoken)
Wait, are you still mad at me?
(Frank)
How have I been? my heart's a poor place
How have I been? my stomach turns
Is that a grin I see on your face?
In rotten times, the things one learns
“How havе I been?” a decent question
That rеquires something real
I feel, well, I can't say
I do maintain my pain's systemic
Or is that merely academic?
"How have I been?" I'm perfectly okay!
(Frank talking with cashier)
(Josh)
You're a wonderful guy, Frank
And I don't have to lie, Frank
But you're better-looking than Sugarman
And in many ways, sweeter
(Frank, spoken)
Spare me!
(Josh)
He can be very selfish in bed
(Frank, spoken)
Give me a break
(Josh)
And the world would have to agree
That in starkness and complexity you're completer than he
(Frank, spoken)
Joshua Rose, "completer" is not a word
(Josh, spoken)
I'm speaking poetry, Frank
(Josh)
He lets me speak poetry, Frank
Though he's spoiled as those trust fund babies can be
So what if he teaches at a first grade university?
No, what blindsided me was his passion, his all consuming passion, his passion
(Frank)
Don’t lose that thought and let me talk here
You said you’d love me for a long time
Well I would like to clean your clock dear
But this I think’s the wrong place, wrong time
Larry’s a toad and you’ve got arms that span the nigerian sea
Oh gee, the mighty fell
You’ve got your life and I’ve got mine, Josh
That you prefer a porcupine, Josh
And please be aware, I’m doing very well!
(Josh)
Be that as it may, Frank
But today’s a special day, Frank
And while on our way to providence
We’ll be stopping in P-town
Where we two unlikelys will be wed
(Frank, spoken)
Wed?
(Josh, spoken)
We want a large family
(Josh)
Despite my second-rate brain I do feel
Both smart and authentically real
(Frank, spoken)
"Authentically real" is a redundancy!
(Josh)
I’m speaking in POETRY, Frank!
And you’re a redundancy, Frank
(Frank)
You have the nerve big as your biceps
Do I deserve your hateful actions?
I’m so confused by your and my steps
Usually I know they’re both in traction
I loved you so much I could taste it
I ended up eating my goodbye
And go to hell
(Josh)
Just call me "Joshua Sugarman Rose"
(Frank)
You I wish arson, rape and vomit
That you be crushed by Haley’s comet
(Frank)
But as for me
(Josh)
And as for me
(Frank and Josh)
I’m doing very well!