FRAGMENT 4

FRAGMENT 4

A:   EMILY BRONTE WROTE,"WUTHERING. HEIGHTS" AND CHARLOTE. BRONTE WROTE,

      "JANE EYRE"  

B: NO, IT'S OPPOSITE. CHARLOTE WROTE, "WUTHERING HEIGHTS" AND EMILT WROTE,

   "JANE EYRE."

A: YOU WANT TO BET?

B:  YES

A:HOW MUCH?

B: ONE HUNDRED...

A" YOU JUST LOST ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS...

B: NO, I DIDN'T. I GAINED HUNDRED DOLLARS.

A: YOU ARE WRONG AND YOU ALWAYS INSIST ON BEING RGHT.

 I AM RIGHT AND THAT'S WHERE YOUR PROBLEM LIES. YOU ALWAYS WANT TO BE

    RIGHT.

B: BUT I AM RIGHT AND I AM RIGHT MOST OF THE TIME AND YOU CAN'T HANDLE IT...

A: YEH...YEH...YEH. I DON'T READ SO MUCH FOR NOT KNOWING THE NAMES OF

 AUTHORS OF SUCH FAMOUS CLASSICAL BOOKS

  PICK UP A BOOK ONCE IN YOUR IGNORANT LIFE,  THROW YOUR iPHONE IN THE

   GUTTER...YOU IMBECILE.

                                                     (B begins to cry and cry, then pick up his phone)

                                                                                THE END

FRAGMENTS 3

FRAGMENTS 3

ONE ACT PLAY CALLED, "JUST A WAY OF TALKING."

BY: BINA SHRAIF (Copyright:binasharif;2025)

M: SHE IS WITH A TALL MAN

N:AND?

M: AND WHAT?

N: SHE US WITH A TALL MAN AND WHAT?

M: NOTHING ELSE...SHE IS JUST WITH A TALL MAN

N: NOT A VERY INTERSTING STORY

M: WHO SAID IT'S A STORY?

N: I THOUGH YOU WERE A STORY TELLER

M:  YOU CAN THINK OF WHATEVER YOU WANT

N: SO WHAT'S THE POINT?

M: POINT OF WHAT?

N: POINT OF TELLING ME THAT SHE IS WITH A TALL MAN

M: NO PARTICULAR POINT, JUST A CONVERSATION

M: THAT'S NOT A CONVERSATION, THAT'S A STATEMENT

N: WHAT'S THE POINT OF MAKING STATEMENTS?

N: JUST A WAY OF TALKING

N: WHO IS TALKING?

M: I WAS TALKING

N: YOU WEREN'T TALKING TO ME

M: I WASN'T.

N: SO WHY SAY,"A WAY OF TALKING."

M: JUST TO DO SOMETHING, ONE HAS TO SAY SOMETHING

N: WHY SAY ANYTHING WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SAY

M: I HAD. SOMETHING TO SAY

N: LIKE WHAT?

M: I SAID, SHE IS WITH A TALL MAN...

N: YES, BUT INFORMATION IS IN-COMPLETE 

M: WHO'S INFORMATION?

N: YOURS

I WASN'T INFORMING ANY ONE

N: THEN WHY CALL IT. INFORMATION?

M: JUST A CERTAIN WAY OF TALKING. KEEPING BUSY.

N: THAT'S NOT A GREAT WAY OF KEEPING BUSY

M: WHAT IS?

N: DOING SOMETHING

M: SAYING SOMETHING IS DOING SOMETHING

N: DO YOU KNOW ENGLISH?

M: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

N: DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE?

M: AS MUCH AS YOU DO I GUESS...

N: NO YOU DON'T

M:WHAT IS IT THAT I DON'T KNOW?

N: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

M: OK, TEACH ME

N: "SAYING MEANS SAYINGAND"DOING MEANS DOING."

M: ANY THING I SAY IS MY FORM OF, "DOING."

N: THATS NONSENSE

M: NO, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. WHAT YOU SAY, THATS WHO YOU ARE

      AND WHOEVER YOU ARE THAT'S WHAT YOU DO

N: YOU ARE CARAZY

M: BETER TO BE CRAZY THAN BEING SO F**KING CRITICAL

      WHO ARE YOU ANY WAY? ALWAYS ON MY BACK. GET OFF MY BACK

      YOU ARE  ALWAYS  OVERWHELMINGLY NEGATIVE ABOUT WHAT I SAY OR DO

      EVERY MOMENT OF MY LIFE YOU ARE TRYING TO PUT ME DOWN.

      GET OFF MY BACK, LIKE I SAID EARLIER ONCE. AND FORALL. GET OFF YOU 

      YOU MONKEY SCRACHING ME ALL DAY LONG WITH YOUR NEGATIVITY. GET OFF

      MY BACK OTHERWISE I WILL STAB YOU. I AM SO SICK OF YOU. I CAN'T BREATH

       YOU SAY ONE MORE THING AND YOU ARE DEAD...ONE MORE F**KING THING AND 

       YOU ARE DEAD, DEAD, DEAD. NOW SHUT THE F**K UP. SHUT UP, SHUT UP. I AM SICK

       OF YOUR RANT CLAWING MY BACK, SCRATHING MY NECK WITH YOUR VENOM AND

       AWFUL CLAWS. (Very angry now) YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH ONE MORE TIME AND I 

       WILL STAB YOU WITH  A KNIFE..I HAVE A KNIFE, MY SHARP KITCHEN KNIFE (He picks 

        up a big knife) LOOK. HOW LONG AND HOW SHARP IT IS.ONE MORE WORD AND YOU

        ARE DONE WITH. (He raises his knife)

N:    LEARN TO LIVE PROPERLY AND SPEAK PROPERLY.

        YOU CAN'T STAB ME. I DON'T EXIST. YOU WILL BE COMMITTING SUICIDE.

M:  ( LIFT UP THE KNIFE AND PIERCES HIS OWN SPINE.

                                                                        END OF PLAY

FRAGMENTS: 2

 FRAGMENTS:2

IN- FACT, MOST OF THE TIME, NO BODY CARES AT ALL.

BECAUSE NO BODY IS PAYING ATTENTION. EVERYONE

IS IN THEIR OWN WORLD.

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BREATH

MOVE

COMMUNICATE

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SHE DOESN'T CARE

NO BODY CARE

SO WHY SHOULD YOU?

WHY DO YOU CARE?

YES, I KNOW, YOU STILL CARE

WHY SHOULD YOU?

I DON'T CARE BUT I STILL THINK ABOUT IT

ABOUT CARING?

NO NOT ABOUT CARING, ABOUT WHY NO ONE CARES

YES, NO BODY CARES.

YOU DO KNOW ABOUT IT

SO, WHY DO YOU CARE?

I DON'T CARE, I ONLY THINK ABOUT WHY NO ONE CARES

WHO THE HELL CARE, IF NO BODY CARES

YOU ARE SO RIGHT

BUT YOU STILL CARE

NO, I DON'T CARE AS I SAID IT EARLIER

I JUST KEEP THINKING ABOUT WHY NO BODY CARES

STOP THINKING ABOUT IT

THINK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE

WHAT ELSE?

SOMETHING, ANYTHING

BUT THEN I WOULD HAVE TO. STOP THINKING ABOUT THAT AS WELL

HOW MANY THINGS I SHOULD STOP CARING ABOUT?

ALL OF THEM

STOP THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THEM EXCEPT YOURSELF

THINK ABOUT YOURSELF

ONLY YOURSELF....

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EVERYBODY IS FOCUSSED ON THE NEXT THING

YOU ARE FREE TO DO THE SAME...

THANKS FOR THE PERMISSION

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NOBLY AND OBEDIENT TO YOUR OWN DAIMON

(TO THE GOD THAT IS WITHIN YOU.)

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PECULIAR LEADING PRINCIPAL AND PECULIAR TREATMENT THEY FOLLOW.

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YOU REMAIN VOLUNTARILY BELOW YOUR MARK,

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IMPROVE YOUR DISPOSITION

IMPROVE ACTIONS

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WHAT? WHERE? HOW?

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"IT"S IN DOING WHAT MAN'S NATURE REQUIRES."    Aurelius

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SENSE OF PURPOSE

WALKING

READING

WRITING

APT

HEALTH

DIET

DRAWINGS

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"CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN WHERE YOU ARE NOW

AND WHERE HAPPINESS LIES

MAKE LIFE CHANGES

THAT CREATES REAL ENVIORMANTS 

OF HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF"                 ??

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AM I SEEKING HAPPINESS FROM EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES?

AND SEEKING ATTENTION FROM OTHERS?

BOTH...

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A LOW LIFE, LOWER THAN MANY

SHOWING OFF THAT SHE IS SOMEBODY IMPORTANT.

WHILE SHE IS TOTALLY SELF ABSORBED.

SELFISH, RUDE, UNCOUTH, UNSOPHISTICATED-

CONSIDERING HERSELF AN INTELLECTUAL.

MY BUTT

SHUT THE F**K UP

LET OTHERS READ

STOP YOU BEHAVIOR OF SELF IMPORTANCE

GO HOME, YELL AND SCREAM

AND FEEL IMPORTANT.

THIS CAFE BELONGS TO EVERYONE WHO CARY A BIG BOOK

ALL DAY LONG AND CAN'T CONCENTRATE ON ONE SENTENCE

BECAUSE OF THE LIKES OF YOU.

STOP YAPPING

I PAID 8 DOLLARS FOR ESPRESSO...

I NEED TO EDUCATE NYSELF

BUT YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT

YOU ARE SO SO EDUCATED ALL READY ON BULLSHIT

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"DON'T FEEL HURT BY EXTERNAL THINGS

HOW SHITTY CAN THEY BE?

SMELLY, ROTTEN EXTERNAL THINGS CAN HURT YOU

UNBELIEVABLE

IMAGINE HOW LOW OF YOU TO THINK THAT!

WHAT A SHAM!

AND YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE EDUCATED AND TALENTED?

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FRAGMENTS

 FRAGMENTS

Don't do what you promise not to do

Do whaat you always say, "You should do."

'Don't" I said

'Don't."

Don't you get it?

No, you don't get.

I am so mad at you

So mad...

I could kill you for that.

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"Why must you discontinue what you love?"

"What do you love?"

"Yes, what do you love?"

"What do you love?"

Silence comes...Silence comes...Silence comes.

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It will come

When it will come

Why are you waiting for it?

Death, I mean...

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"Don't call her"

"Don't call him."

"Don't call anyone."

"What's wrong with you?"

"What the f**k is wrong with you?"

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Good start

Bad end

so simple

so, so simple

Bad end

Just that

Bad end

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"Getting fat."

"Fat enough."

"You are in a bad mood today."

"Only today?"

'"Only today?'

"Getting fat for days, months, years..."

"Shame on you. Deteriorating every month, every year."

"Shame on you."

'And shame on you, reminding me every day

every month, every year, Shame on you."

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'WRITE A PLAY

F: Write a play

L: Really?"

F: Yes, write a play.

L: You write a play.

F: I am not a playwright.

L: Neither am I.

F: What are you then?

L: I don't know

F: Who knows then?

L: "You do. 

You know, you know everything

     You tell me, who I am. You always tell me

     "Oh! You don't know who You are?

Tell me, who am I? Who am I? Who am I?

Tell me for the last time and get the hell out of my life."

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Unending trauma

Thats what traumas are for

Unending....

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'Mental illness is it?"

'Yes, yes, yes."

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"I am sick of you."

"And I am of you."

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'Go to the beach."

"And?"

"And, Roast."

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"They all die desolate."

"But you are living and desolate."

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"So busy, so, so busy."

"And you?"

"Me?"

"Me busy?"

 "Me?"

"Yes, get busy like all of us.

  We are busy, working, working,

  get busy...Like us, us,  we are busy.

" Me? busy? with what? Doing what?"

   "Work...work, sweetheart, work.

 "Work? Work? Work? What work?"

  "Do the work you do. Work."

   "I write plays."

     "That's not work, that's bullshit, do the real work like us."

  "What kind of work do you do?"

" WE WORK, WE WORK. WE SWEAT."

   "OH! THAT KIND OF WORK. I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR YEARS. IN MY PLAYS I DANCE

     AND DANCE MAKE ME SWEAT, I SWEAT A LOT...A LOT, A WHOLE LOT...ALL KINDS OF

     SWEAT POURS OUT OF MY POURS..."

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  A: "Charlotte wrote Whuthering Heights."

B: " And Emily wrote, Jane Eyre"

  A: "You want to bet?"

  B  "Yes."

  A: "How much?"

  B: "One hundred dollars."

YOU DON'T KNOW

 YOU DON'T KNOW

(A short dramatic sketch)

By: Bina Sharif

copyright:binasharif 2025

A: You don't know

B: That's the problem

A: You don't know

B: Unbelievable

A: Yes, it's unbelievable

B: You don't know

A: Neither do you

B: Waste

A: Every one's waste

A: No, yours

B: And yours

A: Yours and mine. 

B: waste, waste...

A: And what is this?

B: Who knows, and why do you always ask me condescending questions?

     Who are you?

A: Yes, who are you? Who are you? Who are you?

B:  Silence comes...silence comes...silence comes.

B: 

 

WHEN SOMEONE DISRESPECT YOU

 WHEN SOME ONE DISRESPECT YOU...

WHEN SOMEONE DISRESPECT YOU, YOUR REAL INSTINCT IS

TO REACT,TO EXPLAIN YOURSELF,TO DEFEND YOUR WIRTH

BUT WITH YOUR REACTION YOU SACRIFICE YOUR CLARITY, 

YOUR CALM. A STOIC NEVER LET DISRESPECT PULL THEM

OUT OF CHARACTER BECAUSE REAL POWER IS NEVER LOUD

IT'S CONTROLLED.

FOUR RULES ONE MUST FOLLOW WHEN SOME ONE DISRESPECT YOU.

1: DON'T ARGUE FOR VALIDATION. THEIR OPINION DOES NOT

DEFINE YOUR VALUE, YOUR SELF DISCIPLINE DOES, YOUR SELF

CONTROL DOES.

2: DON'T MIRROR THEIR BEHAVIOR. YOU SACRIFICE YOUR CLARITY

YOUR CALM.

3:DON'T LET EGO SPEAK FOR YOU. IF PRIDE WANTS REVENGE,

YOUR WISDOM WANTS DISTANCE

4: DON'T WASTE YOUR ENERGY TO PROVE YOUR WORTH

YOUR VALUE, YOUR SELF DISIPLIN ,YOUR SELF CONTROL DOES

5: TRUE STRENGTH STAYS CALM AAND THE MOST POWERFUL RESPONSE

IS CHOOSING NOT TO REACT

FIVE HARSH TRUTHS OF LIFE

 FIVE HARSH TRUTHS OF LIFE

LIFE WILL HUMBLE YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN- UNTILL YOU UNDERSTAND IT'S RULES

1: STAY CALM

NOTHING IS PERMANENT. NOT JOY, NOT PAIN, NOT PEOPLE.

EVERYTHING CHANGES.

2: BE PRIVATE

NOT EVERYONE WANT THE BEST OF YOU. PROTECT YOUR PLANS

UNTILL THEY BECOME REALITY

3: VALUE YOUR TIME. IT NEVER COMES BACK. WHAT YOU WASTE TODAY

BECOMES TOMORROW'S REGRET.

4: HIDE YOUR SADNESS

NO ONE TRUELY CARES. THE WORLD RESPECTS STRENGTH

NOT COMPLAINTS

5: BE ALONE:

NOT EVERYONE WILL STAY FOR EVER AND SOLITUDE

TEACHES WHAT COMPANY CAN NOT

6: ACCEPTANCE

ACCEPTANCE IS NOT WEAKNESS. IT'S WISDOM. WHEN YOU STOP 

RESISTING THE TRUTH-LIFE STOP HURTING SO MUCH.