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Monologue
Mania Day # 170 by Janet S. Tiger A Mixed Marriage Aug.
1, 2014
(A man comes on with hands deep in pockets, deep in thought, looks up,
brightens, then drops head.)
Yes,
it is good to see you, too, but after I say what I have to say, you may not
think it anymore....
(Waves his hand to stop the other)
Please!
Don't say anything until I've had a chance! You did the proposing, but
now I have to do the refusing....
(Holds up hand again)
Wait!
I love how impulsive you are! That's something that attracted me to you,
because I'm so .... ....conservative. But now, I have to be the one who
thinks first....
(Listens)
Of
course I love you! If I didn't love you this wouldn't be so hard!
(Smiles) And that is no pun intended, although we both know it was.....
(Takes a deep breath) .....But seriously, love or not, hard or not.......I
can't marry you.......Please don't cry! .....Oh, I can't take it when a
man cries!
(Turns away)
I
loved you from the first time I saw you, in the parade. You were handing out T-shirts to celebrate
our legal successes throughout these last fifty years…….I can still see you
wearing that T-shirt, you were sweating, it was stuck to your chest…….and I
just felt like….well, like …..I can’t even describe that moment still!
And
that’s what this whole relationship has been like – a mystical, unexplainable ride
in an amusement park. I mean, we were
always so different. You had been out
for years, and I had just come out. And
this last few months has been like a dream, but…..dreams end, and you go home
from the wonderful day at the park…..and reality sets in……
(Gets upset, raises his hands)
Oh,
no, just because we’re different colors doesn’t bother me at all! And the fact you were always out and I have a
straight family, that’s really not what worries me…..
I
just don't think it's smart to be in a......mixed marriage......(quickly) …. I
know we're both Protestant, and you know that's not what I meant......I just
think......I mean, I just don't think that Democrats and Republicans should
live under the same roof!
(He turns to go, looks back)
But maybe we can
still be friends after election year!
(He exits, the end…..until
elections are over.)
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Janet S. Tiger 858-736-6315
www.JanetSTiger.weebly.com
Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
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