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Monologue Mania Day # 1283 Two Enter...One Leaves by Janet S. Tiger (c) Aug. 19, 2017

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Monologue Mania Day # 1283 Two Enter...One Leaves by Janet S. Tiger (c) Aug. 19, 2017    

  Although this is written for two actors, it can also be played by just one - am working on that version for tomorrow.                                        
                                       

                                               Two Enter....One Leaves                     (c)                         
                                        (with apologies to Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome*)                                             
                                               by Janet S. Tiger  (c) 2015 all rights reserved 
                                                             tigerteam1@gmail.com

 Monologue Mania Day #440  by Janet S. Tiger  Apr. 28, 2015          


       (Two enter.....two dressed identically.....the color is not important, but the identical is.  The two hold hands, loosely.  Or maybe they are hugging a bit.  They are like two peas in a pod....or two socks....about to be....washed......)

Sock 1 -  I don't like this.

Sock 2 -  Me neither, not one little bit.

              (They move around a bit, being jostled)

Sock 1 - I heard about this back in that dark place.....what was that thing we were in?

Sock 2 - (Scared)  The drawer.....

Sock 1 - Some of the others warned me.....they said the first time was very frightening, the sounds, the smells!

Sock 2- Well, we smell, too....

Sock 1 - But not like that big thing coming at us....watch out.....

           (They jump out of the way, sock 1 protecting sock 2, they hold noses)

Sock 1 -  Oh, my goodness!  That was.......very ....

Sock 2 - ........odoriferous!

Sock 1 -  Why do you have to use big words like that?  You know I hate those big words!  And I couldn't bring a dictionary in here.....I understand they use.......(whispering)  water!

Sock 2 -  Oh, no!  Not water!

 Sock 1-  (Mysterious)  And that's not all, I hear.....

             (They stop, hold hands again, they react to a loud noise)

Sock 1-  What is that?

Sock 2-  I don't know, but it does not bode well for us I think.

Sock 1 - Not bode well?  You've gotta be kiddin'!  That sounds like.......

           (They look around)

Sock 2 - Why is it so tight, with all this other clothing?  Why do we have to be washed with...everything else?

Sock 1 -  Don't be such a snob,  I did see a few gym socks over there .....

Sock 2 -  Shhhh!  Do you hear that noise?

           (They listen intently)

Sock 1 - That sounds like the water in the sink, only much much closer.....

Sock 2 - Not boding well, not boding well....

Sock 1- Shut up so I can listen!

             (Tries to angle around, but they are packed in tightly)

Sock 1 -  It's water all right!  And it's coming right in under our foots!

Sock 2  - Feet!  I keep telling you we are socks, so these are our feet!

Sock 1-  I don't know what kind of fantasy you live in, but only one foot goes in me!  You have one foot, I have one foot, two foots!

Sock  2 -  Oh no, I am starting to soggify!

Sock 1 -  Is that even a word?

Sock 2-  It is now!  We're going to die!  I just know it!  We are going to drown!  Help! Help!

Sock 1 -  With all your big fancy words, is that all you can say?

Sock 2 -  All right....we're going to expire!  Our demise is imminent!  Assist us we beseech you!

             (Sock 2 stares at Sock 1 and then they look down, the water is rising, they start to lose their ability to stand up and start slithering onto the ground.)

Sock 2 -  Oh, aid us, give us succor....

Sock 1 - Oh, shut up and listen!  The others are whispering that we won't drown, just get wet, that it's a wild ride....one of the huge white things with holes at either end said it's like a ride at a place called Disneyland.....whatever that means......oh, no, we're almost completely......glug....

            (They now go through the cycle of wash - sped up a bit for our theater audience - they are slowly jiggled, agitated, then moved up and down and around the stage/washing machine.  The water drains out and they are scrunched on the floor, slowly trying to stand, still shaking)

Sock 1- Whoa!  That was....

Sock 2 - Intense!

Sock 1 -  And this is a lovely vibration.....I love a nice dance rhythm....

          (The two socks sway together)

Sock 1 -  I hope we can stay together....

Sock 2- Why wouldn't we?

Sock 1 - I don't want to frighten you any more than necessary....

Sock 2 - How could that even be possible?

Sock 1- I heard a ....rumor......from the gym socks.....they are all the same color....white, and some of
      them.....(hard to say) told me that not every pair stays together......that, there are......oh, I hate to   
      say the word....

Sock 2 -  Accidents?

Sock 1  - You heard, too!

Sock 2-  How could I help hearing?  Those gym socks love to scream!  Two Enter, but only one  
      leaves!  What's to become of us!

Sock 1 - It doesn't have to be us....we can stay together, just hold my hand.....

            (They stop to listen)

Sock 1 - The water is coming back, hold tight, my friend!

Sock 2 - I thought we were more than just friends!

Sock 1 -  We are, but this is probably a life changing situation......there is some type of                horrible.....oh, I can't bring myself to say the word!
        
Sock 2 -  Drain!  And since the water is coming up very fast, and this might be the last time we       are together, could you please tell me - what are we?  Are we friends, or....lovers?  And        what kind of lovers?  Are you a rightie or a leftie?

Sock 1-  What does that mean?

Sock 2 - Which foot do you prefer?

Sock 1 - I don't think I have a choice......do you?

Sock 2 - So does that make you......a homosocksuel?  Or heterosocksuel?  Are we uni-sock or         metro-sock?  Exactly what type of sock are you?

         (The water gets them, they swirl around, holding on to each other as they toward the exit).

Sock 1 - After 25 weeks together, in the factory, on the truck to the big warehouse, to the store    where they bought us, does it matter?

Sock 2- Well, no matter what - I want us to stay.....a pair.

Sock 1- So do I......maybe, we'll be lucky, and we won't go down the drain, but if we do....at             least, we can go down together.......

            (They hold hands and lean in together)

Sock 1 and 2 (together)  -  (Singing)  It doesn't mean a thing..... but even so....after 25 weeks, it's nice            to know.....

         (They exit, holding hands....having made it through the first wash together)
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Originally posted   Day #441 Two Enter...One Leaves   Apr. 29, 2015  

* Note about  Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome - there is a part to this movie with fighting in an arena, where two enter, but only one leaves - see here
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