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Monologue Mania Day # 416 by Janet S. Tiger How to Be a Failure April 4, 2015
How to Be a Failure
(for the Senior Channel)
by Janet S. Tiger (c) 2015 all rights
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(The older man enters, he is moving slowly, but steadily)
They tell me that, for this show, I can talk about what I know best.
So, I can tell everyone....how to be a failure.
What...you say.....I could never learn to be a failure...I have too much going for me. That may be true, but, if you age, I can assure you, failure is the goal.
You heard me.....you want to fail. I have failed at many things in my life.....jobs, a lotta them, three marriages, four children who will not talk to them.
And here's the way......quick, before you go any further, take a minute and go get a drink.
That's all, it's guaranteed....I have been drinking for 69 years, since I was 12 years old, and I have found it to be very effective at producing what I call....the failure effect.
One drink will not be enough, so take another......when are you through? When you can't remember how many you've had.
Failure is easy after that.....I know.
You see, two years ago.....I crashed into a tree, and they took away my license. The car was totaled, the tree was killed, but me.....I am still alive. I even failed, at dying......
(He turns to leave, stops, looks back)
Well, but there is good news, I need a new liver.....and because I'm still drinking, I failed to get on the transplant list.....
(He shakes his head and shuffles off. Not the end of his drinking, though)
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