MEET ME ON THE BARRICADES

BROWDER I937
Dignified, in a hufl, producing his
business card to the policeman
This is an outrage! This man is masquerading as
a decent, law-abiding citizen of some prominence,
none other than myself. I am a resident of the city
of Yonkers. Moreover, I am a taxpayer . . .
POLICEMAN
1” awnin g
Then go and pay some taxes.
As a parting shot, walking away,
swinging his nightstick
Since when do radicals call on the cops to settle
their arguments?
Outraged; in a thick Irish brogue
Shure an’ yuh ought t’ be ashamed uv yourself
availin’ yourself uv th’ bourgeois police power
t’ adjudicate differences uv revolutionary the-
ory.
DARRELL
To himself
Highly improbable. Farce comedy. Reality
standing on its head. Amusing, nevertheless. It’s
simply a case of allowing one’s wishes to sire one’s
thoughts. Continue, Darrell, continue!
He laughs aloud

172