Stuck / by Jeffrey Lo

STUCK BY JEFFREY LO (DOWNLOAD PDF HERE)

EVREN:

I have a notebook.

I have a pen.

I want a happy thought.

But

I have you.

And

I have you.

And then there

I have you.

I have a notebook.

I have a pen.

I have you.

            (Pause)

Terrible.

Stuck.

Cannot move.

Cannot think.

Cannot.

Cannot.

Can.

Not.

            (Pause)

Shit.

            (Looks at the pen)

Useless.
Useless without a thought.

Useless when all I have is you.
And you.

And you.

No room for thoughts with so many of you.
Crowded.

I hate it when it’s crowded and now here we are.

My brain.

Crowded.

What a joke,

What a sick joke.

            (Looks at the notebook)

I’m desperate to put something happy in this.

But.

But.

But.

No.

I NEED a joke.

I NEED a laugh.

I NEED a…

Smile.

But.

Empty.

Empty.

Empty.

Stuck.

Stuck.

Stuck.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Good…

Bye.

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