Lefty hurries in, slamming the door behind him.
Lefty: Kid, kid, are ya busy?
Tony: Well, actually I've been working on a play. I'm relaxing right now, reading this--
Lefty grabs Tony's book, and flings it across the room.
Lefty: Ya just finished!
Tony: Lefty, what in the name of the Wide World of Sports is your problem?
Lefty: Dat goil! Dat goil is my problem!
Tony: Claudia?
Lefty: Was dat her name? I thought it was Moitle.
Tony: Claudia.
Lefty: Yeah, riiiiiiight, whatever. I can't get her off my mind, kid!
Tony: Okay, calm down.
Lefty: I can't! I got dis weird feelin' in my chest...like a million arrows piercin' my heart!
Tony: It's called love.
Lefty (offended, lunges for Tony with a balled fist) You take dat back or I'll...oh yeah! Riiiiiiight. Love.
Tony: Jeez.
Lefty: Aw, Tommy, ever since I saw her last night, feeding Mr. Toitle, my heart's been skippin' a beat! I haven't felt dis way since I sold dat football-headed kid an invisible ice cream cone!
Tony: So...
Lefty: So what?
Tony: Did you talk to her today?
Lefty: I was too noivous! I paced around her door several times today, but my noives got da best of me.
Tony (sighs) What do you want me to do?
Lefty: Well, I...hey, I didn't even ask ya--
Tony: I know, but I knew it was coming. So?
Lefty: Kin you write her somethin' fer me?
Tony: You want me to write her a love letter from you?
Lefty: Riiiight, riiiight! I'll be like dat Cyrano De Burgundy guy, ya know, dat guy wit da long nose, what wrote beautiful poitry fer his friend's gal?
Tony: Cyrano De Bergerac.
Lefty: Huh?
Tony: Never mind.
Lefty: So will yuh?
Tony: I dunno. I mean, I'm working on this play, plus I tend to write romantic stuff to um...(gestures upward)
Lefty: Da ceiling?
Tony: No, not the--(Tony shoves Lefty's hat down over his eyes) The ceiling...yeah, I'm in love with the ceiling, Lefty. Riiiiiight!