copyright © 2005 Danielle Santangelo Kovalick

Five More Minutes

~by danielle santangelo~

 

LIGHTS UP. A MAN and a WOMAN stand back-to-back. They do not talk to each other or look at each other unless specified. There is a constant flow, almost overlapping.

WOMAN: We need to stop

MAN: Don’t stop don’t stop

WOMAN: This will never work

MAN: Don’t stop don’t stop

WOMAN: It hurts when you press your chest on my back

MAN slides down her back.

MAN: I love your skin

WOMAN: I feel you judge me

MAN slides up her back.

MAN: I dream of your skin

WOMAN: You feel my vacancy

MAN: It’s so empty, we’re so empty

WOMAN: How do you think I feel

MAN: I feel

WOMAN: How do you think I feel

MAN: I feel like

WOMAN: How do you think I feel like when I kiss your lips

MAN: I kiss your lips I feel like kissing your lips

WOMAN: When I kiss your lips and they’re swollen from kissing other lips

MAN: Other lips fill my pride

WOMAN: They’re swollen

MAN: I’m swollen

WOMAN: They’re swollen

MAN: Other lips fill my void

WOMAN: From kissing someone else

MAN: Is there someone else here

WOMAN: Why do you follow me

MAN: Remember when he followed you

WOMAN: Why do you follow me when I’m with someone else

MAN: When he followed you

MAN grabs her.

WOMAN: And grabbed me

MAN: And licked your ear

WOMAN: I was screaming and screaming

MAN: You were coming

WOMAN: I was screaming

MAN: You were coming home to me

WOMAN: I was running home to you

MAN cradles her.

MAN: You were safe

WOMAN: I was safe when I didn’t know you

MAN: When he followed you and grabbed you and licked your ear

MAN cups her ear.

WOMAN: You hear

MAN: Your ear

WOMAN: You hear

MAN: Your ear tastes like vanilla

WOMAN: You hear what I’m saying when I say

MAN: Stay

WOMAN: When I say

MAN: Stay

WOMAN: When I say that we need to stop

MAN: Stop over and stay whenever you like

WOMAN: Case closed

MAN: Door’s open

WOMAN: Case closed

MAN: Door’s open

WOMAN: You hear what I’m saying when I’m saying what you hear me say

MAN links arms with her and lifts her onto his back.

MAN: Well lay me low

WOMAN: And maybe show

MAN: That what you’ve got

WOMAN: Deep in below

MAN: Your sweet and sour

MAN & WOMAN: Exterior

MAN: Now you’re back in my heart

WOMAN: No I’m not

MAN releases her.

MAN: How do you think I feel

WOMAN: I feel

MAN: How do you think I feel

WOMAN: I feel like coming

MAN: How do you think I feel when

WOMAN steps away from him, gently thrusting her hips.

WOMAN: I feel like I’m coming I’m coming I’m coming I’m coming

MAN: When I open your door

WOMAN: It’s open I’m coming

MAN: When I open your door

WOMAN: I’m coming I’m coming I’m coming

MAN: When I open your door and there he is with his hands all over your body

WOMAN: My body

MAN: My body

WOMAN: No my body

MAN: Your body

WOMAN: Case closed

MAN: The door was open

WOMAN: The door was open

MAN: And so were you

WOMAN cups her hand over his eyes.

WOMAN: I hate it when I feel like

MAN: I hate it

WOMAN: I hate it

MAN cups his hand over her eyes.

MAN: I hate it when I feel like

WOMAN: I feel like

MAN & WOMAN: How you feel

MAN: This is how I feel

They both release.

MAN & WOMAN: Empty

The MAN takes a step.

MAN: Sometimes I feel like

The WOMAN takes a step.

WOMAN: Sometimes

The MAN takes a step.

MAN: I feel like

The WOMAN takes a step.

WOMAN: Taking some pills

The MAN takes a step.

MAN: Jumping off and off and off

The WOMAN takes a step.

WOMAN: The face of the earth

The MAN takes a step.

MAN: The parking garage

The WOMAN takes a step.

WOMAN: And numbing this pain

The MAN takes a step.

MAN: The pain you’ve

The WOMAN takes a step.

WOMAN: Given me

The MAN takes a step.

MAN: All this

They face forward (still not toward each other).

MAN & WOMAN: Pain

Beat.

MAN: I hate you

WOMAN: I hate you

MAN: I hate why I’m here

WOMAN: Why are you here

MAN: Why am I here

WOMAN: Door’s open

MAN: Door’s open

WOMAN: You should stay

MAN: I should

WOMAN: Stay

MAN: I should stay

WOMAN: Stay

MAN: We need to stop

WOMAN: Don’t stop don’t stop

MAN: This has never worked

WOMAN: Don’t stop don’t stop

MAN: Door’s open

The WOMAN turns toward the MAN.

WOMAN: Hey

MAN: Hey

WOMAN: Will you be my baby for five more minutes?

Beat. The MAN turns towards the WOMAN.

MAN: Maybe

WOMAN: Maybe

They begin to step toward each other.

MAN: We could

WOMAN: You could

MAN: We could

They are face-to-face, noses touching.

BLACKOUT

MAN & WOMAN: Stay…

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