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(This is a person that looks a little off. The actor can decide how to do this. Looks out, smiles, waves)
Oh, hello there! I see you! You see me, too! You were just out getting your paper, and when you saw me, you ran inside. And it's not because your hair is in curlers, no, I see you talking to the other neighbors with your curlers on - and your old housecoat.....no, you ran inside because....it's me!
I know.
Ever since I was a kid, people run inside. They think I don't know, but ...I do.
Why they won't talk to me, I'm not really sure.
You see, I'm not stupid. I went to school. I read a lot of books. But no one wants to know that about me. Why? I want to know about them. All about them.
The funny thing is, I already know. In school, I learned about a lot of things, and now, on the Internet, I find out anything I want to know. So I look in the recycler by the complex's mailboxes, and I take out all the mail that people throw away. Very interesting!
And their names are still on it.....just like yours. And like Mr. Bandini, who walks the dogs and doesn't want to talk to me. Or Mrs. Stone, who pretends she can't hear what I say. But inside her house, she hears just fine.
(Laughs)
How do I know all these things? About all the people in this complex? Easy.....it's so easy on the internet!
And then.....I learned how to listen with those devices.....they're expensive. I can't afford them. But they're really easy to make! So I make them.....and when I shake hands with people, or when I talk to them by their apartment I just put one by their door. And if they look away, I put it inside!
And here....on my phone.....I can listen to everybody!
(Holds up phone)
See? That kid Jarrod, he's got a girlfriend, and when his mother goes to work, he comes home with her and they smoke dope all afternoon! Until just before mom comes home, and then he sends the girl home and sprays some lysol and cleans up and his mama thinks he's great!
(Turns to leave, stops, looks back)
You? I know about you....you're on this channel....
(Holds up phone)
You're the one.....I'm going to blackmail.....
(Exits listening and waving)
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Monologue Mania Day # 1242 I Know About You by Janet S. Tiger (c) July 9, 2017
What I Know About You (c)
by Janet S. Tiger (c) 2017 all rights reserved
tigerteam1@gmail.com
by Janet S. Tiger (c) 2017 all rights reserved
tigerteam1@gmail.com
Oh, hello there! I see you! You see me, too! You were just out getting your paper, and when you saw me, you ran inside. And it's not because your hair is in curlers, no, I see you talking to the other neighbors with your curlers on - and your old housecoat.....no, you ran inside because....it's me!
I know.
Ever since I was a kid, people run inside. They think I don't know, but ...I do.
Why they won't talk to me, I'm not really sure.
You see, I'm not stupid. I went to school. I read a lot of books. But no one wants to know that about me. Why? I want to know about them. All about them.
The funny thing is, I already know. In school, I learned about a lot of things, and now, on the Internet, I find out anything I want to know. So I look in the recycler by the complex's mailboxes, and I take out all the mail that people throw away. Very interesting!
And their names are still on it.....just like yours. And like Mr. Bandini, who walks the dogs and doesn't want to talk to me. Or Mrs. Stone, who pretends she can't hear what I say. But inside her house, she hears just fine.
(Laughs)
How do I know all these things? About all the people in this complex? Easy.....it's so easy on the internet!
And then.....I learned how to listen with those devices.....they're expensive. I can't afford them. But they're really easy to make! So I make them.....and when I shake hands with people, or when I talk to them by their apartment I just put one by their door. And if they look away, I put it inside!
And here....on my phone.....I can listen to everybody!
(Holds up phone)
See? That kid Jarrod, he's got a girlfriend, and when his mother goes to work, he comes home with her and they smoke dope all afternoon! Until just before mom comes home, and then he sends the girl home and sprays some lysol and cleans up and his mama thinks he's great!
(Turns to leave, stops, looks back)
You? I know about you....you're on this channel....
(Holds up phone)
You're the one.....I'm going to blackmail.....
(Exits listening and waving)
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Janet S. Tiger 858-736-6315 CaregiversAnon.org
Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
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