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Monologue Mania Day #595 Reading Journals by Janet S. Tiger Sept. 29, 2015
by Janet S. Tiger
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(This is an older woman who is dragging a box onto the stage. She sits, opens the box and takes out a dusty notebook, opens it and starts to read, shaking her head. She puts the book down.)
I don't know if this is right, to read journals written by someone else, someone who is still alive.....and yet.....they are fascinating! I can't stop!
(She opens another one and reads, then closes it)
I feel so strange! These are from years ago! What harm does it do! And yet, I feel like I'm intruding...like I'm stealing the past......or maybe not.....
(Digs in and finds another)
Things about her......I never knew.....or if I knew, can't recall.......the past is such a strange place to visit.......or is it just an illusion? Maybe everything in these books is a lie? How would I know?
Why do I care?
Should I give them back? I can't....that woman is long gone.....I doubt if I could ever find her.......
(She looks at one page, then turns it, getting engrossed, then she starts to cry, but stops, closes the book)
I think that's enough for now. Perhaps....some things are best left in the attic......
Perhaps .....these wouldn't be so hard to read.....if I didn't know the author......
(She puts back the book, closes the box, turns to leave, stops, looks back)
If the writer wasn't me......
(She exits.....)
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1 comment:
Succinct, but it works.
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