"WHAT HAPPENED?"

 "WHAT HAPPENED?"

"SO, WHAT HAPPENED?

I HAVE NO IDEA

NOT THE SLIGHTEST IDEA,  I TELL YOU...

BUT I DON'T LIKE IT

SOMETHING HAS CHANGED AND I DON'T LIKE THE CHANGE...

I AM NOW DELIBERATLEY AND HAPPILY ISOLATING MYSELF FROM EVERYONE. BS

"THINGS WHICH GIVES PLEASURE WHILE DOING THEM IS THE SMALL CHANGE." 

 DURAS

"I WANT TO BELONG TO MYSELF-TO OWN SOMETHING." DURAS

"ONCE YOU STOP LOOKING, THERE YOU ARE EXACTLY WHERE YOU WERE

 BEFORE."  DURAS

"WHO IS EVERYONE?"

A ONE ACT PAY

BY BINA SHARIF

Copyright:binasharif 2021

L:  WHO IS EVERYONE?

M:  I DON'T KNOW

L:  WAS EVERYONE THERE FOR YOU BEFORE? 

M: NO, NOT AT ALL.

L: SO,?

M:  BUT I WAS THERE FOR EVERY ONE...BUT NOW I AM NOT.

L:  PERHAPS IT'S GOOD FOR YOU-

M:  IT'S A BIT SCARY...

L:  WAS  IT A BIT SCARY BEFORE?

M:  BEFORE I WAS AVAILABLE  FOR EVERYONE AND NOW I AM NOT, THAT'S SCARY.

L:  STRANGE...

M:  YES, STRANGE. ISN'T IT?

L:  YOU SHOULD BE THRILLED THAT YOU ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE NOW.

M:  I AM NOT AVAILABLE FOR ANY ONE BECAUSE THERE IS HARDLY ANY ONE AROUND.

L: I HAD NO IDEA THAT YOUR LIFE HAD BEEN SO PATHETIC...

M:  YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.  IT IS PATHETIC. THE WHOLE WORLD WAS ALWAYS

MORE IMPORTANT TO ME THAN MYSELF. THEY BEHAVED THAT THEY WERE

  MORE IMPORTANT THAN ME AND I BOUGHT IT...

L:  SO SAD...

M: SO VERY SAD, INDEED.

L:  SO, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NOW?

M:  THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION

L:  ARE YOU GOING TO LOVE YOURSELF FROM NOW ON?

M:  I HAVE NO IDEA. NOT USED TO IT.  BUT I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT,

L:  YOU HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT YOUR WHOLE LIFE.  NOW DO IT.

M:  BEGIN TO LOVE MYSELF?

L:  YES...

M:  HOW?

L:  THINK OF YOUR SELF AS THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON ...

M: THAT WOULD BE CHEATING. THAT WOULD BE A LIE...

L:  HOW COME?

M: YOU KNOW AND I KNOW THAT I AM NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON ON THIS

 EARTH. THERE ARE HUNDEREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS...

L:  YOU ARE ALREADY THINKING OF OTHERS AGAIN

M:  NO, I AM NOT...

L:  YES, YOU ARE.  OTHERS ARE ALL COMING BACK...

M:  MAYBE THEY WERE ALL THERE. MAYBE THEY NEVER GONE AWAY...

L:  WHO ARE THOSE OTHERS?

M:  I DON'T KNOW.  BUT THEY ARE ALWAYS LURKING AROUND

L:  START THINKING OF YOURSELF AS IF YOU ARE THE LAST PERSON ALIVE

      AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO SURVIVE...

M: BUT I WOULD START THINKING OF ALL THE ONES WHO PERISHED.

L: THINK OF YOURSELF, YOU ARE PERISHING RIGHT IN-FRONT OF ME

M: YOU CAN STILL SEE ME...PERISHING, I MEAN?

L: YES, VERY CLEARLY...IF YOU DON'T STOP, YOU WON'T BE NO MORE.

M: MAYBE THATS WHAT I WANT...

L: YOU ARE YOUR WORST ENEMY.  WHAT HAPPENED IN YOUR PAST?

M:  DON'T GO THERE...PLEASE DON'T GO THERE...

L: DID SOME ONE HURT YOU VERY BADLY?

M:  (NO ANSWER, SILENCE, SILENCE, SILENCE)

(No one talk, they both sit there silently)

(Lights begin to fade..)

BLACK OUT

END OF PLAY