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Monologue Mania Day # 730 The Day Will Come by Janet S. Tiger Feb.12 , 2016
For those following, today is the last day of two continuous years of this blog - one free monologue a day! Thank you for joining me on this amazing journey. And tomorrow...starts year 3!
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Monologue Mania Day # 730 The Day Will Come by Janet S. Tiger Feb.12 , 2016
For those following, today is the last day of two continuous years of this blog - one free monologue a day! Thank you for joining me on this amazing journey. And tomorrow...starts year 3!
See you tomorrow.......
The Day Will Come.....
(for Caregivers Anonymous)
©Janet S. Tiger all rights reserved 2016
tigerteam1@gmail.com
(Older woman stands and goes to
the wheelchair, sits and crosses her legs leisurely. Southern accent)
My momma always told me.....'The day will come.....
I used to ask her...'what day is that, Momma?' And she would
laugh. THEEE day! You'll know it when it comes, honey.
And as I
have aged, those days have certainly arrived. Like letters in the olden
days, letters you know have been sent, but do not know when they will get to
your door. So every day, you wait for them. Is today the day you
will find out if your Auntie Mildred finally married that no-good cowboy she's
been pining for all these years?
Is today
the day you ...win that prize you sent in for two months ago!
Is
today.....the day you get the news.......what news? Does it matter?
The day will come.....and it always does.
The day will come when the toilet paper runs out – because even though
it’s a big fluffy roll when it starts and you never think it will be finished-
why, look there’s at least half a roll left!
And then one day you notice it’s just a little bit left….and then you
are running to that bathroom after eating more beans than you shoulda at the
picnic and….the day has come! No more
paper!
(She shakes her head and then sighs)
And the
day comes too….when…..a person’s toilet paper of life just runs out……and…someone
dies......and suddenly....everythin' changes. Fast. Like a flood
that happens outta nowhere....river risin' and the house is swept away.....But
you knew it could happen, cause your Grandaddy built the house too close to the
river!
It didn't
have a problem for years......fifty years we got the water from the river, and
played in the river and fished in the river......but the day came and the river
came with it.....
We know the toilet paper is gonna run out, and the river will overflow.....and we know people we love are gonna pass on....but we pretend that roll is infinite.....and there will never be a flood.....and...we pretend..... we are gonna live forever..... so
when the truth happens.....when the day comes....when the roll is empty and the carpet is soggy!......(laughing)...it is somehow an
enormous surprise even though.... we knew it was comin'!
But on
top of those days are other days....like today. Today is first day that no one
was in my house except...me. The funeral is over, and the clothes and
personal effects all gone through. There was no real will, as my uncle,
bein' a gambler most his life, had no money left. His buddies - the few
still alive and able to visit here - and my children all left to go to their
homes with their children. And the place is quiet....and I made my own
self a grillch.......
(She looks at the group)
You dunno
what a grilch is? My God, I thought everyone knew - it's a grilled cheese
sandwich! And it has to made...... just right. You gotta watch it so it
melts but doesn't burn....so the bread is brown at the same time the cheese is
gooey, but not so hot's as to blister your tongue. It is an art form to
make the perfect grilch....an art taught by my dear old granny, and I have not
had the time to make properly for over.....oh, I can't do the math
anymore....for too many years....to make one just right....just for me.......
I made
them for others- for my husband, children, grandchildren,
parents....friends....for my greatuncle .....who loved them and just passed at the
age of 92, and who will be the last person I care for- except for me........I
made them perfect for everyone.....but mine was always the last....and it was
either blackened on the bottom, or if it was perfect....by the time I got to it.....it was.....COLD!
Today.though....I
made one just for me. And I didn't do anythin' else except watch it until
it was done. I didn't wash dishes and I didn't get someone a cup of tea
or breakfast, or check blood pressure or urine or whatever else I used to
check! And it was perfect! And I had it with a cold glass of milk.
And it was....perfect......
(She stands and bows as the others applaud)
Mmm.....and
soon's as I get home.... I'm gonna have me another one!
(Blackout. End of scene)
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And there will come a day when I will say - this is the last day of this blog......
But today is not that day! Thank you for reading/commenting. See you all tomorrow!
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And there will come a day when I will say - this is the last day of this blog......
But today is not that day! Thank you for reading/commenting. See you all tomorrow!
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Janet S. Tiger 858-736-6315
JanetSTigerMonologueMania.blogspot.com
Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
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