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Monologue Mania Day #1027 The Other Side of the Crash by Janet S. Tiger (c) Dec. 5, 2016
The Other Side of the Crash
(for Caregivers Anonymous)
(for Caregivers Anonymous)
by Janet S. Tiger
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(Actor enters, wearing.....a bug suit? Carrying a mop? Actor's choice here)
In the horror movie, the bug is seen growing.....or maybe not seen, but you sense it. Something bad......what's coming soon.
But for those of us who take care, there are other horrors we watch and shudder about.
The crash takes a second - dish against wall, table overturned, food thrown onto another person - the mess made,
the laugh taken, the moment preserved in celluloid history.
But the clean-up...ah...now there's the time consumption!
A dish/glass broken - at least a few moments to get all the pieces. In the case of a glass, maybe a full half hour
to chase every shard and sliver so a barefoot child will not land on one and get a cut, or infection from the cut.
The food on clothing- a full court washing, and the table overturned - we're talking maybe more than an hour
for the full clean - and that's if the table isn't broken....
So when they show it in the movie, or on TV, we all laugh, but everyone who is a caregiver shudders.....because
we know the truth about...what's coming.
And it's not a funny scene.
It's a person we care for, care about......and we told them not to get up without help, and yet, in a fit of
independence, they do, but they don't make it to the bathroom.....in time....
independence, they do, but they don't make it to the bathroom.....in time....
So, it's clean-up patrol. After the crash.....the survivors get to clean up.....
(Actor turns to leave, stops, looks back)
(Actor turns to leave, stops, looks back)
Not a complaint, but an observation......
* Note: A few words about 'free' - all these monologues are protected under copyright law and are free to read, free to perform and video as long as no money is charged. Once you charge admission or a donation, or include my work in an anthology, you need to contact me for royalty
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Janet S. Tiger 858-736-6315 CaregiversAnon.org
Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
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* Note: A few words about 'free' - all these monologues are protected under copyright law and are free to read, free to perform and video as long as no money is charged. Once you charge admission or a donation, or include my work in an anthology, you need to contact me for royalty
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