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(for Caregivers Anonymous)
(Not) A monologue by Janet S. Tiger
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(This will be close to the end of the play, when one of the other
caregivers walks over to Savannah and confronts her)
CAREGIVER - Really? Is that what you think?
You say you wanna do the dirty? And when I say dirty, I mean the
big dirty, the wipe-out, the kill! You say you are thinkin' about puttin'
your old man outta his misery?
You know what I say?
(Shouting) Bulla hunkey! You heard me
baby.....you are fulla somethin and everybody here knows it.....and the big
question is...do you?
I mean, you know the real truth, that when
you take care of somebody, the easy way out is murder, and no caregiver evah does
anythin' easy! Otherwise we wouldn't be takin care of folks!
Nah, you got a bigger problem, baby, and
it has nothin' to do with killin' him....it has to do with life.....am I right?
I am, I can tell.....you be honest here, baby.....we are here for you,
but if you ain't honest, we can't help.....you can't help yourself.....until
you tell.....the truth! Really the
truth!
(Savannah cannot stand the scrutiny, and she looks around the group, then
stands and goes to the wheelchair, shaking her head)
SAVANNAH -(Southern accent) Before he went overseas....to Iraq the
first time, he said the sargeant made all the men do several things. (Hard to
say) The first, they had to have wills ....and
insurance.......and.....letters .......to the ones they loved.......
And for those who wanted .......to have
children.....they had to prepare......and we did.....he left a...deposit at the
bank....the sperm bank......oh, did we laugh about it, because you nevah wanna
think about it for real.......and I nevah thought........it would be
necessary....because he came back ok and all.....but then, after the accident,
we nevah talked about it.....
(She is
in anguish)
You are right, I don't wanna kill him!
Even with everythin that’s gone on, with all the bad between us, I still…..I
want him to be well.....back to what he was.....before......And I still, in
spite of everything and even though I have no idea how this could possibly
work! .....I still..... really…..wanna have his baby.....
(Blackout on
her. End of scene)
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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:
It's powerful, but I'm confused. Is it all one person talking, or are the last three paragraphs Savannahs?
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