{"id":1429,"date":"2019-02-13T00:15:16-05:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T05:15:16+00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peterjanes.ca\/blog\/?p=1429"},"modified":"2019-02-13T01:09:11-05:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T06:09:11+00:00","slug":"headline-monologues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterjanes.ca\/blog\/2019\/02\/13\/headline-monologues\/","title":{"rendered":"Headline Monologues"},"content":{"rendered":"

A short piece written for Tinkerspace Theatre<\/a>‘s Headline Monologues<\/cite> event last Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

<<huff>> I am so tired<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

It\u2019s cold, and it\u2019s dusty, and I just don\u2019t have the energy to get up and clean. I really should. I mean, it\u2019s been, like, eight months. But man, I just feel drained, like I\u2019ve been here for fifteen years.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Haven\u2019t heard from my sister for quite a tick either. Aren\u2019t twins supposed to be close? We should be close\u2026 the two of us, a couple of bouncing babies who no one thought were going to make it past the first few months. But we sure showed them, didn\u2019t we? Maybe it\u2019s because she\u2019s older? She was a real tomboy, always digging in the sand and doing her \u201cexperiments\u201d. We were so tight for a while, but then she started kind of drifting away. Or maybe I did\u2026 it\u2019s hard to remember now. I should have written some of this down. I don\u2019t even know where she is these days\u2026 could be on the other side of the world for all I know!<\/p>\r\n\r\n

At least she got somewhere. Wow, that sounded bitter, didn\u2019t it? But, I mean, sometimes it feels like I\u2019m just standing still, you know? I\u2019m not really stuck, I just can\u2019t seem to move forward. Which is better than moving backward, I guess, but\u2026 I don\u2019t know, it just seems like I don\u2019t have a plan any more. I know I\u2019m capable of doing whatever I want, but the little voice in my head kind of just stopped telling me what to do.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

You know what I need, is a little sun. Get the old batteries charged up, right? Wouldn\u2019t that be great\u2026 I could just stretch out and get a tan, maybe take an opportunity to phone home\u2026 that would really lift my spirits.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The more I think about it, that\u2019s exactly what I need. It\u2019s so frustrating just sitting here, waiting for something to happen. I\u2019ve run a marathon already, I need to keep going! Hey voices, I\u2019m here! I\u2019m listening! Can you just give me some signal that you\u2019re still out there?<\/p>\r\n\r\n

<<long beat>><\/p>\r\n\r\n

I am so tired.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

#OppyPhoneHome<\/p><\/div>

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