September 8, 2006

A Play A Day #148

I Will Homicide You


Cast:
Abe
Pip

Setting: Sofa. Pip is laying down. Enter Abe.


Abe: I will homicide you!

Pip: What?

A: I will homicide you!

P: Uhhh.

A: I will homicide you!

P: You will... homicide.... me?

A: I will homicide you!

P: You won't "homicide" me.

A: I will homicide you!

P: Ahh, don't be this way.

A: I will homicide you!

P: Really, now...

A: I will homicide you!

P: No. Stop. I mean it.

A: I will homicide you!

P: Listen, Abe, you know that you couldn't live without me.

A: I will homicide you!

P: You love me.

A: I will homicide you!

P: Is that what you're trying yo say?

A: I will homicide you!

P: Ohhh, that's sweet, Abe!

A: I will homicide you!

P: I love you too.

A: I will homicide you!

P: Yes, I know you do.

A: I will homicide you!

P: And I will always love you too.

A: I will homicide you!

P: So, beside this deep abiding love for me...

A: I will homicide you!

P: That you choose to express with poorly-worded threats...

A: I will homicide you!

P: Was there anything else you wished to say to me?

A: I will homicide you!

P: Got it. I'm gonna get back to my program here.

A: I will homicide you!

P: OK, Abe, thanks.

A: I will homicide you!

P: You're going to have to accept that you're gay.

A: I will homicide you!

P: This mindless, repetitive, violent machismo was what you wanted to escape when you first crawled into my arms.

A: I will homicide you!

P: I know it's hard to accept. You were straight for so long.

A: I will homicide you!

P: But, you see, you weren't.

A: I will homicide you!

P: You weren't straight. Ever.

A: I will homicide you!

P: You we're covering it, because you didn't want to face the social marginalization.

A: I will homicide you!

P: The ridicule.

A: I will homicide you!

P: The hatred.

A: I will homicide you!

P: It's perfectly understandable.

A: I will homicide you!

P: Don't try to hide behind these shallow attempts at playing the straight guy.

A: I will homicide you!

P: (long pause) Are you done, now?

A: I will homicide you!

P: I guess not.

A: I will homicide you!

P: Alright, I didn't want to do this, but...

A: I will homicide you!

P: You leave me little choice.

A: I will homicide you!

P: (naively, with excitement) What? !

A: I will homicide you!

P: You will.... "homosex"... me?

A: I will homicide you!

P: You will?

A: I will homicide you!

P: You'll homosex me?

A: I will homicide you!

P: That's great!

A: I will homicide you!

P: Right! Let's get busy! (starts undressing, getting of sofa, moving toward Abe) Time's a-wasting!

A: I will homicide you! (backing away fom Pip)

P: If you'll homosex me, tell me by...

A: I will homicide you!

P: By saying "I will homicide you" out loud.

A: (long pause, Abe slowly starts to cry, Pip hugs him slowly, deeply) Sorry. Sorry. I'm sorry, Pip.

P: It's alright, want to lay down with me and talk about it?

A: Sure... (he lays down on sofa) I just miss Cynthia sooo much.

P: (stiffening, stopping his movement to the sofa) Let's not talk about her, okay?

A: But, I need to, and Debora, and Lucy, and Renee, and Wanda, and Liz, and...

P: (more strident) No! Please, let's just not mention any of them, any women at all!

A: But, I need to come to some understanding what ever attracted me to them, since I was actually gay the whole time.

P: No, let's just talk about us and...

A: Pip! These are my issues; I need to discuss them, I'm never going to get past these embarrassing displays of denial unless...

(lights start to fade)

P: I will explosion you!

A: Wha...?

P: I will explosion you!

A: "Explosion" me?

P: I will explosion you!

(lights out)

(end)

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