Words for My Enjoyment

An Excerpt From My New Play, “Are You OK? I Think So.”

January 25th, 2007

[An explosion rocks a city street. Man #1 narrowly averts the blast, falling to the ground. Man #2 runs to his side.]

Man #2: “Are you OK!?”
Man #1: “I… I…”
Man #2: “Look at me! FOCUS! Are you OK?”
Man #1: “Wha-? What happened?”
Man #2: “That oil refinery plant just exploded! It blew you thirty feet in the air and you landed here. I saw everything! Are you OK?”
Man #1: “I… I think so.”
Man #2: “What do you mean, you think so?”
Man #1: “I mean, I think so. I’m not 100% sure, but I’m pretty sure.”
Man #2: “Are you bleeding?”
Man #1: “Doesn’t look like it. Do you see any blood?”
Man #2: “No. No blood.”
Man #1: “But I could have internal injuries, right?”
Man #2: “Do you hurt…inside?”
Man #1: “Sometimes, when I feel alone. Yes.”
Man #2: “NO. Do you have any internal injuries that you can feel?”
Man #1: “I don’t think so.”
Man #2: “So, you’re OK then.”
Man #1: “I think so.”
Man #2: “Can you just commit and tell me that for sure, 100%, you’re OK so I can go?”
Man #1: “I’m not sure, though. Not 100%. What if I say I’m 100% sure I’m okay and then suddenly I die. If I keep you here and then I suddenly take a turn for the worse, at least you’ll be here to help me.”
Man #2: “So…you being unsure that you’re 100% OK is more a needy thing than anything else?”
Man #1: “Yeah. So I’m needy. Sue me.”

[Man #2 sighs. Man #1 winces. Somewhere else, another EXPLOSION rocks the city street and Man #3 is blown to within feet of Man #1 and Man #2.]

Man #2: “OH MY GOD. Are you okay?”
Man #3: “I..I.. I think so.”

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