THE SECRET
by Richard Nathan
Lights come up on TIM,
sitting at his desk, pouring himself a class of whiskey.
He is drinking, but is not drunk.
He drinks slowly and deliberately, hoping to get drunk.
Enter BILL.
Bill is upset to see Tim drinking.
BILL
Gee. Tim. You shouldn’t
drink so much. Especially
not at work.
TIM
I need to drink, Bill. I
know a
terrible secret. A secret I
need
to forget.
BILL
Is that drink number one - or
drink number two?
TIM
I’ve learned something about
life on this planet Bill.
Something about life in the
twenty-first century that
you don’t want to know.
BILL
It’s not drink number three, is it?
TIM
A horrible secret I can’t seem to
get out of my mind, no matter how
much I drink.
BILL
It’s not more than three!
Tell me it’s
not more than three!
TIM
I’ve learned that almost everyone on
Earth…. is an idiot!
BILL
It’s not eleventeen! It
couldn’t
be drink number eleventeen!
TIM
How long have you been my
boss, Bill?
BILL
A long time. Probably around
a billion years. Ever since
I took
over the accounting department.
Tim sighs.
He puts away the glass and the whiskey bottle.
TIM
Let’s get back to work
Bill smiles.
BLACKOUT!
© 2007 by Richard Nathan. All rights reserved
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