Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Today You Are Not a Man: A One Act



TODAY YOU ARE NOT A MAN
(12:25 PM. BOB and I are driving home from the library.)


BOB
I am a man?


ME
You are a boy. Someday, you will be a man.


BOB
I am a grown up?


ME
No, you are a boy right now, not a grown up.


BOB
Now?


ME
No. Not now, many, many years from now.


(We travel another 30 seconds in silence.)


BOB
Am I grown up now?! Now am I one?! When am I grown up?!


ME
You are a grown up when you buy your own coffee table.

(Beat)

BOB
I want a coffee table.


END SCENE

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4 comments:

  1. janet l moranAugust 4, 2009 at 12:14 PM

    Aren't you glad you wrote that story down for him? That is just too cute.

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  2. MomisodesAugust 4, 2009 at 5:49 PM

    LOL! You have to love their reasoning and thought process :)

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  3. Greg C.August 4, 2009 at 6:57 PM

    aha! Now I know why we do not have a coffee table. And I'm almost 45. Go Slow Bob, But Go.

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  4. TRAVELBUGGINAugust 7, 2009 at 8:54 AM

    LOL. Damn, Bob is funny.

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