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.

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