Twitterature

Twitterature
 Andres Rios, Julian Green, Madison Beckham, and Evelyn Diaz,


Characters
Ruth Younger- @baberuth
Travis Younger- @LilT
Walter Younger- @waltmoney
Mama Younger- @yomama
Beneatha Younger- @cheatabeneatha
Joseph Asagai- @afrojoe
George Murchison- @oggeorge
Bobo- @bobodollaz
Karl Lindner- @man
Mrs. Johnson @mrs.johnson
Moving Men- @mm1 @mm2

Tweets

@baberuth- “@LilT Get up! It’s time to shower and eat!”
@baberuth- “@LilT Hurry up! Don’t make me come in there and MAKE you get up!”
@LilT- “@baberuth Dang, I’m coming. Getting my clothes and towel.”
@baberuth- “@waltmoney You wake up too! You’re too old to have my as your alarm clock! And take your shower.”
@waltmoney- “@baberuth How am I gon’ get in there when he’s not out yet?”
@waltmoney- “#wifeproblems”
@LilT- “I wonder what shaving cream and shampoo mixed together looks like... “
@waltmoney- “@LilT Boy if you don’t get out the bathroom! You’re not the only one who has to leave in 30 minutes.”
@waltmoney- “Did the check come yet? @baberuth”
@baberuth- “@waltmoney Don’t talk to me this early in the mornin’ bout no money. It’s not even mine.”
@waltmoney- “@baberuth Danggggg just askin’. Let me know when it does though, I have some plans.”
@baberuth- “@waltmoney You better plan to eat your eggs and get in the shower.”
@cheatabeneatha- “@baberuth *skull emojis"
@waltmoney- “Not scrambled please @baberuth and why are you so angry this morning?”
@baberuth- “@waltmoney leave me alone. Nothing is wrong. I’m fine. Totally fine.”
@baberuth- “*wink emoji”
@LilT- “@waltmoney hurry up and get in here. The bathroom is open 2 anyone”
@baberuth- “@LilT and you hurry up and get in here.”
@baberuth- “@LilT @waltmoney Y’all are too old for this. You know the drill every morning.”
@LilT- “#cantwaituntilcollege”
@LilT- “@baberuth when’s the check coming? I need money 4 school.”
@baberuth- “@LilT you and your father are one in the same. Don’t worry about any money, it’s not yours to have *wink emoji. and I have no money this morning to give.”
@LilT- “@baberuth Do you think that Beneatha or Grandma has any?”
@baberuth- “@LilT I think you should eat your breakfast. You have 10 minutes to walk out the door.”
@LilT- “@baberuth But mama how will I give the money to my teacher? Can I do some chores for the neighbors?”
@baberuth- “@LilT Please stop mentioning me and eat and get to school. Money should be the last thing on a ten year old’s mind.”
@LilT- “@baberuth if you says so…. I’m leaving”
@baberuth- “@LilT I know you’re not leaving this house looking like that! Get that brush! Lookin like some wrinkled covers.”
@LilT- “*unamused face emoji”
@baberuth- “@LilT get some money for milk too.”
@LilT- “@baberuth See u later.”
@baberuth- “@LilT Don’t forget your coat!”
@waltmoney- “@LilT why do you need money?”
@LilT- “@waltmoney bc of my teacher. She said 2 bring it to class.”
@waltmoney- “@LilT hurry to my room. You’ll be late if you don’t”
@LilT- “@waltmoney Thanks. See u later.”
@waltmoney- “@baberuth guess what I was thinking about in the bathroom.”
@baberuth- “@waltmoney Willy Harris and that dang dream of yours”
@waltmoney- “@baberuth jeeeeezzzzzz #canilive #women #iguessitsthattimeofthemonth”
@baberuth- “@waltmoney leave me alone and get out my mentions”
@waltmoney- “@baberuth can you just hear me out? The liquor store only costs 75,000. And Willy, Bobo, and I figured that if we each put down 10,000 at the door, we’d be set for a store.”
@baberuth- “@walmoney please come in here and eat your eggs, they’re getting cold.”
@waltmoney- “@baberuth idc. eggs can wait, money cannot. #momoneylessproblems #lessmoneymorewifenagging”
@baberuth- “@waltmoney #nojobnomoneynohomenofoodnolifenoanything”
@waltmoney- @baberuth yea ok. But when the idea works, don’t come runnin’ to me. #allaboutthedollaz”
@cheatabeneatha- “if these people don’t get out the bathroom…..”
@waltmoney- “@cheatabeneatha you should get yo butt up earlier.”
@cheatabenatha- “good morning everyone.”
@waltmoney- “@cheatabeneatha you still got that doctor non-sense in yo head?”
@cheatabeneatha- “@waltmoney Yep! And I see you still have that liquor store in yours. Such dreams we both have.”
@waltmoney- “how much do you think medical school costs? @cheatabeneatha”
@baberuth- “@waltmoney leave her alone and get to work.”
@cheatabeneatha- “@waltmoney it should cost enough to keep you quiet.”
@waltmoney- “@cheatabeneatha we’ll see when the check comes.”
@baberuth- “@waltmoney that money is not yours! And leave her alone and GET TO WORK!”
@baberuth- “@cheatabeneatha can we have peace for just one morning?”
@yomama- “@cheatabeneatha It is too early for you all to be yellin like that.”
@yomama- “@baberuth teach your son to make up his bed. looks a mess down here”
@baberuth- “@yomama I do everything I can to teach that boy. It must go in one ear and out the other.”
@yomama- “@cheatabeneatha what were you and Walter fighting about?”
@baberuth- “@yomama you don’t even have to ask to know the answer to that question. That liquor store is all that’s on his mind.”
@yomama- “@baberuth sad… You sound sad, something wrong? Do I need to call in because if you’re feeling ill..”
@baberuth- “@yomama she would have my behind if I didn’t come in. I think I’m fine. And don’t let Walter try to convince you! That’s your money and with it you should do what you want. Maybe a vacation.”
@yomama- “@baberuth Now you know good and well that an old black lady like me isn’t going on a vacation any time soon.”
@yomama- “How’s.. what is it this time? Guitar? @cheatabeneatha You switch so much that I can barely keep track anymore.”
@cheatabeneatha- “@yomama lovely. I’m learning so much.”
@yomama- “@cheatabeneatha and George? How is he *smirk emoji?”
@cheatabeneatha- “@yomama ugh, you’re like a child. And George is George. Basically a black version of a rich white boy.”
@yomama- “@cheatabenetha Lord Knows that he’s perfect for you.”
@cheatabenetha- “@yomama the Lord has nothing to do with this! I’m tired of hearing “The Lord knows this’’, “God does that.” Tired of it!”
@baberuth- “oooooooohhhhhh here we go. #thisteaistasty #itsgettinreal”
@yomama- “In my house, there is still a God! @cheatabeneatha and don’t let me hear no more nonsense!”
@cheatabeneatha- “#ineedmyownhouse”
@yomama- “Ooh! I forgot to water my plant!”
@baberuth- “@yomama You treat that thing like one of your own children. I hope that it gro-”
@yomama- “@baberuth Are you ok? Let me call an ambulance.”

Scene Two

@yomama- “Y’all done your chores yet? You can’t leave this house until you do.”
@LilT- “Where’s my mom? @yomama”
@cheatabeneatha- “Yea where is she? @yomama”
@yomama- “To mind her own business @LilT @cheatabeneatha the doctor I think.”
@cheatabeneatha- “Hello? @afrojoe? Come over? Ummm, sure I guess.”
@afrojoe- “omw @cheatabeneatha”
@yomama- “@cheatahbeneatha Why you bringing people over?!?”
@cheatahbeneatha- “@yomama You need to learn more about Africa!”
@yomama- “ @cheatahbeneatha Ughhhh, >:((( .”
@baberuth- “@yomama @cheatahbeneatha I’m home and #preggo.”
@yomama- “@baberuth omg I hope it’s a girl!!!!!”
@cheatahbeneatha- “@yomama Why are you excited, where will she live?!”
@LilT- “Chasing rats is fun.”
@cheatahbeneatha- “@LilT GET YOUR BUTT UPSTAIRS NOW!”
@afrojoe- “@cheatahbeneatha hey girl how you been. ;).”
@cheatahbeneatha- “@afrojoe Oh hey! Glad you’re back, what’d you bring me?”
@afrojoe- “@cheatahbeneatha Some records and colorful robes. You’ll look good in them, even with your hair!”
@cheatahbeneatha- “@afrojoe They’re so pretty! Wait back up, what’s wrong with my hair?”
@afrojoe- “@cheatahbeneatha Nothing, but why do you kill it?”
@cheatahbeneatha- “@afrojoe I don’t kill it!!! It’s just hard to manage all crinkly #leavemyhairalone”
@afrojoe- “@cheatahbeneatha It’s ok I’m teasing! Assimilation is cool. I’ll call you Monday so we can talk identity and time.”
@afrojoe- “@cheatahbeneatha I have these feelings for you & we need to figure out how you feel. #theclockisticking #bettergetontheasagaitrainbeforeitleaves
@cheatahbeneatha- “@afrojoe you don’t understand! That doesn’t satisfy me! #don’tneedaman”
@afrojoe- “@cheatahbeneatha *laughing emoji* every girl says the same thing.”
@yomama- “@afrojoe Oh hello Asagai, nice to meet you!”
@yomama- “@afrojoe Would love to learn about your country. All these people giving the church money and they don’t even help you get your land back! #nailedit”
@afrojoe- “@yomama YASS! ok I better go now. Bye Alaiyo”
@cheatahbeneatha- “@afrojoe what does that mean?”
@afrojoe- “@cheatahbeneatha It’s hard to explain, like nothing is enough for you. Bye #nailedit”
@yomama- “@cheatahbeneatha I see why you want to learn more about Africa ;).”
@cheatahbeneatha- “@yomama omg stop!”
@LilT- “@cheatahbeneathaAsagai and Beneatha sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G”
@cheatahbeneatha- “@LilT shut up!”
@LilT- “@yomama Miss Johnson don’t have that much kitchen cleanser”
@yomama- “@baberuth That cheap! Can’t even spare me some damn kitchen cleanser!”
@LilT- “@yomama@baberuth The check is here!”
@yomama- “@baberuth alright calm down it’s just a check”
@LilT- “@yomama Damn grandma you rich!!! $$$$$”
@yomama- “@baberuth I could put all this money in the church but I can’t because of y’all.”
@baberuth- “@yomama oh be quiet you’re crazy”
@waltmoney- “Where da money at?”
@yomama- “@waltmoney You better talk to you wife, I’ll go for now. You ain’t gettin no liquor store that’s for sure”
@waltmoney- “@yomama You haven’t seen anything? Can’t you see how poor we are?! You never listen to me!”
@baberuth- “@waltmoney ugh. you make me sick!”
@yomama - “@waltmoney what is wrong with you? You need help, you can’t just drink away your problems”
@waltmoney- “@yomama This check could help us! I think about the future and I see nothing different than today. Money is life!”
@yomama- “@waltmoney wow money is life huh. You kids are so ungrateful now. You were never like this before. You know Ruth is pregnant. What’s life now?”
@yomama- “@waltmoney oh yeah and because of you she’s getting an abortion!”
@waltmoney- “@yomama no...no she can’t”
@baberuth- “@waltmoney well I just made a down payment…#byebyebaby”

Act II
Scene One
@baberuth- “@cheatahbeneatha woah why you so fancy girl?”
@cheatahbeneatha- “@baberuth I’m a Nigerian woman! OCOMOGOSIAY!”
@baberuth- “@cheatahbeneatha what the hell?! *laughing emoji*”
@waltmoney- “@cheatahbeneatha WOOO YOU GO GIRL”
@baberuth- “@waltmoney #drunka’f
@waltmoney- “WHERE MY BLACK BROTHERS AT YO! BLACK BROTHER! @oggeorge #COMEMYBLACKBROTHERS”
@oggeorge- “um no….#wth
@baberuth- “@waltmoney get down from that table! @cheatahbeneatha your other boyfriend is here”
@oggeorge- “@cheatahbeneatha Go change! OMG WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR HAIR!?”
@baberuth- “@cheatahbeneatha girl how do you think he’ll go out with you with your nasty hair?!”
@oggeorge- “@cheatahbeneatha honey, you look strange, go change.
@cheatahbeneatha- “@oggeorge what the hell dude. #talktothehand”
@baberuth- “@cheatahbeneatha omg you and your brother need to shut your mouths sometimes!”
@cheatahbeneatha- “@baberuth well i don’t like people who will give up their culture just to fit in!”
@oggeorge- “@cheatahbeneatha omg here we go again. A lesson about African culture. Honey, your culture sucks, face it.”
@cheatahbeneatha- “@oggeorge UGH. #howrude”
@waltmoney- “@oggeorge Why do you college boys where them queer lookin shoes?”
@baberuth- “@waltmoney Walter stop it! @oggeorge I’m really sorry!”
@waltmoney- “@baberuth Why are you saying sorry? I can say sorry for myself. Besides it’s the truth!”
@waltmoney- “@oggeorge Hey dude how’s your dad? You guys got big plans huh? Well so do I man, we should talk about these plans dude.”
@waltmoney- “@oggeorge You know they don’t teach you anything useful at that school, not how to be a man at all, just to wear queer shoes.”
@oggeorge- “@waltmoney You need help dude, serious help.”
@oggeorge- “@cheatahbeneatha hey you look fancy now!”
@cheatahbeneatha- “@oggeorge alright let’s go.”
@oggeorge- “@waltmoney bye Prometheus”
@waltmoney- “@oggeorge It’s not an insult if I don’t know what it means!”
@baberuth- “@waltmoney Walter let’s just talk”
@waltmoney- “@baberuth What’s there to talk about, all our race does is moan pray and have babies!”
@baberuth- “@waltmoney All you ever do is fight with me. I don’t know what happened to us. But i’m getting rid of the baby so be happy I guess…”
@waltmoney- “@baberuth Honey, why you always gotta think we have to be the perfect couple.”
@baberuth- “@waltmoney We used to talk so different but I don’t even know what to do now with the way you try to talk to me.”
@yomama- “@waltmoney @baberuth oh hey, how you feeling Ruth? Where’s Travis?”
@waltmoney- “@yomama Where were you?”
@yomama- “@waltmoney damn dude keep your nose where it belongs. I went to do some stuff. I want to tell Travis first!”

@yomama "What you think your grandma did with the money? @LilT"
@LilT "idk @yomama "
@yomama "I bought the house fam @LilT"
@waltmoney ">:((((((((("
@LilT "OMG! !!"
@yomama "give be done sugarboo @LilT"
@LilT "I feel blessed"
@baberuth "get over here for your whooping"
@LilT "yikes! #kidproblems"
@baberuth you finally did it! :) @yomama
@yomama yup bruh
@baberuth finally in so happy :D
@waltmoney feeling pissed of
@baberuth when we moving? @yomama
@yomama the first of the month... the house is the bomb and is big.
@baberuth be happy man @waltmoney
@baberuth where our crib located B] ? @yomama
@yomama by the park...
@baberuth there is no color people there though...
@yomama we will be the first color people to turn up there! ;) jk I was just trying to find the best place place for the cheapest price
@baberuth does the sun light up the house? @yomama
@yomama yeah it does
@waltmoney just gonna control our lives then huh...
Scene Two

@oggeorge ok... stop talking and kiss me already @cheatabeneatha
@cheatabeneatha you know I love talking @oggeorge
@oggeorge I know but I just want a nice looking girl and not a poet @cheatabeneatha
@cheatabeneatha why you mad fam? @oggeorge
@oggeorge cause you're always talking
@yomama checking in " finally home"
@yomama hey @oggeorge
@oggeorge hi mrs. Younger how are you?
@yomama good @oggeorge
@oggeorge ok bye
@yomama what happened? @cheatabeneatha
@cheatabeneatha nothing just that George is stupid
@yomama I feel you @cheatabeneatha
@yomama is your brother here? @baberuth
@baberuth yes he is.
@yomama opens the door* well hello @mrs.johnson
@mrs.johnson hi yourself c: how you doings @baberuth
@baberuth I'm good
@mrs.johnson sends poke @baberuth
@waltmoney *calls ruth
Someone knocks the door
@yomama this is a popular place tonight
@baberuth talking with Mrs. Arnold
@baberuth that was mrs Arnold she said if you don't come in tomorrow she is going to get a knew man @waltmoney
@waltmoney :,( -.-
@baberuth you are going to lose your job
@waltmoney that's right :D... do you know where I've been these last 3 days? I been driving around to the south side and all the way up to Wisconsin @yomama
@waltmoney when I went to greenhat I like how three men just sat around, drinking and playing music.
@yomama ... I know I've done you wrong son that is why I'm giving you this envelope filled with 65 hundred so you can #makeItRain  I also want you to put aside three thousand for @cheatabeneatha medical school the rest is for you
@waltmoney how do you trust me like that?
@yomama i've always trusted you
@LilT is you drunk pops?
@waltmoney lmao no I'm not son... I'm never going to be drunk again #coldturkey
@waltmoney what do you want to be when you grow up?
@LilT a bus driver :)
@waltmoney that is weak tbh
@LilT then I don't know... kinda want to be like you
@waltmoney in 7 years when you are seventeen I'm going to come home from the office...
@LilT you don't work in a office
@waltmoney I will soon...

Scene Three
@baberuth what's up :) @cheatabeneatha
@cheatabeneatha hi @baberuth
@baberuth lol what I found today cx CURTAINS!!! :DDDD
@cheatabeneatha how do you know that they'll fit?
@baberuth idk :/ well anyways you know what I'm going to do when I get to the house?
@cheatabeneatha what?
@baberuth I'm going to take an awesome bath...
@cheatahbeneatha you're gonna get shot
@baberuth lol
@waltmoney feeling great cx #snapping and clapping
@cheatabeneatha #oldfashioned  @waltmoney dancing with baeruth*

@man how do you do miss? Looking for mrs. Lena Younger
@cheatabeneatha yeah that my mom wait a second. MOM! WHITE MAN AT THE DOOR! come in
@man thank you
@cheatabeneatha my mom isn't here yet is it business related?
@man yes kinda
@waltmoney have a seat @man
@man my name is Karl linder and it's come to the community attention that your mother bought a house in the neighborhood
@waltmoney yes that is correct
@man well to be honest we don't want you and your family here in my neighborhood
@waltmoney get out.
@man in sorry
@waltmoney get out slams the door