This week our computers are being encrypted at work. All of the external media devices we use are being password-protected.
During this time I decided to clean up the external hard drive that I use for all my personal stuff. While doing this, I found a folder called "Old Papers" and the files for a portfolio I created for my final project in my "Literature of the Avant-Garde" course in college.
Strange, people. Very strange.
Apparently part of the project was to write four Avant-Garde plays of my own. I opened the file for this play called, "The End/Denouement".
Stage: The scene is set in a living room. There is one chair and the room is lit by one singular lamp. A man is seated in the chair. He’s staring off to his left, face in a relaxed hang, as though in thought.
Light flickers a bit. Almost unnoticeable.
Man: Singing. This is the end, beautiful friend, the end.
Man looks at his watch, sings again.
Man: This is the ennnnnd.
Man stops singing. Sits forward and speaks.
Man: Tell me what you see when the darkness finally ceases and tell me, do you like it?
The light goes out completely and for a moment the entire stage is dark.
A faint voice is heard, a radio broadcaster reporting traffic.
The stage is suddenly filled with white light, the chair is gone and in its place is a small boy. In one hand he holds a string, at the end of it is a green balloon, soaring above his head. In the other, a gun, pointed at the audience.
Boy: In a whisper. Bang.
Lights dim, curtains close, the radio program turns to static, then fades out.
Pretty dark for a girl who was known to wear tube tops and platforms while singing Def Leppard songs on the tops of tables.
I mean, is it Avant-Garde? Maybe. Creepy? Definitely.
I was pleasantly surprised to find this. I'll let you know if I find any more that are post-worthy.
June 2018
7 years ago