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Monologue Mania Day # 1729 The Longest Day (fpr Veteran's Day) by Janet S. Tiger (c) Nov. 10, 2018
Monologue Mania Day #637 The Longest Day (revised) by Janet S. Tiger Nov. 10, 2015
This was originally posted on Day #272 by Janet S. Tiger The Longest Day Nov. 11, 2014
but was first written in 1998 on Veteran's Day after watching THE LONGEST DAY with my son, updated for today’s monologue.
The Longest Day
A monologue by Janet S. Tiger
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(A woman comes out onstage. She has a flag and she waves it proudly)
Veteran's Day
I watched a movie with my son
A movie about D-day
And it's different now, than when I was younger
Before, I cried for the young men
And their girlfriends....
Because I knew so many guys in the service
Home from Vietnam in those days, the dead were their friends, never to return
But even though I'd never lost a love on foreign shores
I knew soldiers who had.....and my father, his friends......my mother's graduating class where eight never returned.....
There was a transmission of that time.....
I could sense the horror
The waiting for letters
The telegram- the phone call
Like a nightmare come to life
Now it's different, now I have a son
Now when I watched, I cried for all the sons.....
And for their mothers....
I'd never thought of them before
But now....I cried not just for the handsome lads in uniforms but also for all the women who changed their diapers
And wiped their noses
And washed their clothes
And dried their tears
And I prayed for all those
Now in uniform
And for their mothers….and fathers....and siblings and friends......all who love them.....
Because I knew that, until they are home safe
Every day……. is the longest day
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Thank you to all who served and serve- including my father in WW II -, and all who wait.
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Janet S. Tiger 858-736-6315 CaregiversAnon.org
Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
1 comment:
I never tire of reading this. Happy Veterans Day!
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