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Crazy Talk
A monologue by Janet S. Tiger
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(The woman is in her forties, fifties, she enters wiping her forehead, she lights a cigarette and takes a deep breath)
At least he finally got to sleep.....(sighs) I remember when he was a baby, and he would scream for hours before he fell asleep.
How many years is that? 23...24? Who would know......he'd be back....
(Remembering) When he was little, he hated taking medicine.....I couldn't disguise the taste with apple juice, couldn't put the little pills into a sandwich....he always knew......just like now......the things I have to say, the things I have to do to get him to take this pills......and I'm not even sure they work......
(Shakes her head)
They work, I know they work because.....when they stop working....it shows.....
(Looks up at the ceiling)
OK, God, I know I missed a lot of Sundays, but why this? Why now? He is so brilliant, And that's not just me, his mother, saying it, he worked on that computer stuff that made those cars drive without people......of course, if he was so smart, why didn't he remember to eat, and to sleep.....and not to wander around in the streets with no ID for three weeks while everyone was looking for him........God, why did you also have to make him.....nuts?
(In pain) Was it something I did? The fact I smoked when I was pregnant? And when he was a baby? And now? Maybe I still smoke because maybe.....it'll kill me.....before he kills himself.....and I just don't want to see that.........
(She stubs out the cigarette into a glass turns to leave, stops, looks back)
And now, I can't sleep.....partly because......because I worry that he'll kill himself......or .....or God forbid....someone else......or...or......me.....
(She exits into the haze that is family mental health issues)
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If you or a family member or friend is dealing with mental health issues, you are not alone, please do not be afraid to get help. And for support, NAMI is a wonderful resource https://www.nami.org/
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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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1 comment:
Heartbreaking but important
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