The Plays
Utopia [sample]
by Charles L. Mee
JENNIFER
You think life is
a causes b causes c causes d
and it all takes place pretty much in the same place even just in the living room
and over a straight span of time
but really
a causes b
causes Phoenix
causes 327
causes purple
causes a song and dance
causes a volcano eruption
causes seeing your old high school friend again after all these years
seeing your old friend in Afghanistan
that’s how our lives really are
AND THEN SUDDENLY
MUSIC
MUSIC
MUSIC
MUSIC
MUSIC
MUSIC
MUSIC
MUSIC
MUSIC
MUSIC
MUSIC
EVERYONE DANCES
AND DANCES
AND
DANCES
DANCES
DANCES
DANCES
DANCES
DANCES
DANCES
DANCES
DANCES
DANCES
DANCES
DANCES
DANCES
AND THE DANCING SHOULD GO ON FOR FIFTEEN OR TWENTY MINUTES
WILD AND CRAZY
PEOPLE FALLING TO THE FLOOR
AND THROWING THEMSELVES TO THE FLOOR
AND GETTING UP AGAIN AND DANCING
DANCING
FALLING
A PARTNER PICK-UP BY THE LIPS, KISSING
OTHERS SEE IT
SO THEY IMITATE
AND IT HAPPENS A BUNCH
AND THEN
ONE BY ONE
OR COUPLE BY COUPLE
THEY ALL SIT DOWN AGAIN AT THEIR TABLES
AND DRINK THEIR COFFEE AND TEA
AND THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
LOOK QUIETLY AT ONE ANOTHER
AND FINALLY THE DAUGHTER SPEAKS
DAUGHTER
What do I make of that?
MOTHER
You make a life of that.
DAUGHTER
Ok.
Good.
I like that.
THE END
