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Curtain drops on Gloria and she is unconscious under the curtain. Lights up on a smaller portion of the stage which is now turned into a small living room. There is a teenage boy which we have not seen before sitting on the couch watching television in shorts and a t-shirt. There is a side table next to him which he has placed a bowl of popcorn on. The phone rings the boy grabs a handful of popcorn and shoves it in his mouth then answers the phone.
Corey: Yeah, hello?(Pause while he chews and listens) Yeah, she isn’t home now (Goes to hang up) huh? Yeah I don’t know if I have a pen…wait I’ll look for one. (sets the phone down and watches TV for a minute then picks the phone back up) yeah you still there? Nope I couldn’t find one. Call back later ok? (goes to hang up) huh? I don’t know what time later, Jesus who is this? Ok then Dr G is it an emergency? Well I don’t think it really is. I’ll tell her you called when she gets home though. (hangs up. Starts watching more TV. The phone rings again, he waits and doesn’t want to answer it but then does) Yeah hello? (Pause) hello? I said hello? Anyone there? Jesus static. What the hell (He hangs up. He starts watching TV again. Then the phone rings. He answers) Yeah hello? Breathing, very funny. Who is this? Fuckin’ freak yeah well it doesn’t scare me. What’s your favorite scary movie? (He laughs then hangs up. He keeps flipping the channels and then starts watching something and starts laughing about it. The phone rings again) Yeah hello? (Pause) Oh dude what’s up? No no nothing really just watchin TV why?(Pause) No not really, I’m just watching some weird show or something. Yeah it’s a new show I watch now. Its pretty sweet. Its called Chef-Porn-R-D. (Pause) No dude I think you would like this show it is so funny. (Pause) No it isn’t like the Ma-Jak show although that show was really funny. No this show is like people in red chef hats that jump around on each other or something (his voice gets slower as he starts to watch the show and not pay attention to the fact that he is on the phone. He starts to laugh) Huh? No it wasn’t you it was the show. What did you just say? (pause) sorry I was sorta listening but this is really funny. Are you at home? You should turn it on. (pause) huh? I am listening why whats up? (pause) he what? I thought he couldn’t move? (pause) the nurse stole him? What the hell kind of hospital is he at? Yeah yeah ill come out. But I need more info than that man. Like what the hell is going on? (pause) ok what should we do about it? (pause) ok I’ll come over right now…no wait I cant my mom has the car. And a bunch of people have called and I have to give her the messages or something. (pause) some DR G or something. (says this slow) and some weird breather and some static or something. Holy shit! I think I’m going to die! Holy shit! (pause) you got to come over and help me right now! Run as fast as you can…Mike? Mike? Holy shit Mike are you there? (Starting to cry) Mike holy shit Mike!!! (The lights go out. There is a light from under the curtain as someone starts to raise it up and Gloria becomes alive again. She stands and begins to straighten her dress up. She saunters over to the table and pours herself a cocktail and then lights a cigarette. The place is dark as the lights come up on Gloria the light starts to revive her)
Gloria: Thank you Robert for freeing me from that horrid curtain. (pause) Twenty-million and seventy thousand light years before now I was hardly a graduate from the University.
A meer pawn in this game that we call of games this gamete that reminds us of the best times.
Robert: you got knocked down
Gloria: You piss! Don’t interrupt me from my blather. I hired you or rather you stumbled into my presence and became a surgeon of my work. I know you like the blood baths as much as I do Robert but you know I have another man. I have a can of creamed corn and I cant compromise that kind of thing right now. What have you done with the boy?
Robert: if you wont have me then what was all my work with the boy for?Gloria: Oh my stupid Robert my darling stupid Roberto. You are a grease like any of the disgusting pieces of shit that live among us you are one of the worst. Praying on the genitals of little children to light your way to exploration or rather explosion. And you see dear that I knew this. I knew you wanted yurned really for the child. In your eyes in your mannerisms other than the one protruding now. I created love for you by destruction of another.