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Monologue Mania Day Day # 250 by Janet S. Tiger The Devil's Food Oct. 20, 2014
Previous monologues from The Devil Comes to River Bend - Day # 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 206, 207)
The Devil's Food
(For The Devil Comes to River Bend)
A monologue by Janet S. Tiger © all rights reserved
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(The towel over the woman's shoulder and the pencil behind her ear says it all, she is in the food business, and she has been for a long time. She looks at the audience and smiles, speaks in a slow Texas drawl)
Well, hello, New York. I was wondrin' when you'd get to speak to me......can I offer you a cuppa coffee....on the house? Everythin' else you pay for, because that's the way it works here.
(Listens, laughs)
What do I know? Now that's a rich one! For a girl who never finished high school, I know a lot. I know how to take the one pot of beans - the last because someone didn't order more in time - take that pot and get it to stretchout over two shifts of hungry watermelon pickers.
I know how to tell if a person's gonna pay for their lunch or try to skip out through the back bathroom window, so's I can offer them a free meal on the house before they become thieves.
And best of all, I know how to make a devil's food cake that's is so DEE-licious that it could make the devil himself say...Hallelujah!
But I think you wanna know somethin else....something about who killed Calvin. And it's funny, because the sheriff never asked me. Some might say it's because I was nowhere near the original accident that killed the Rodriguez boys and nowhere near the crash that killed Calvin because for 18 hours a day I am right here slingin' hash to hungry people!
(She takes the towel and dries a glass)
Or some might say he didn't ask...because he knows that I know somethin'......and they would be right, because I do know somethin'....I know who shot Calvin, just as sure as I know that if I put in three eggs to the devil's food cake recipe, instead of four, it turns out not so tasty. So, how bout that coffee? I got a fresh pot just ready......
(She turns to go, looks back)
I may know who killed Calvin, but I'll be goddamned if I'm a gonna tell you......
(She exits, end of scene)
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Janet S. Tiger 858-736-6315
Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
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