Microphone on a Stand / by Jeffrey Lo

MICROPHONE ON A STAND BY JEFFREY LO (DOWNLOAD PDF HERE)

 

Darkness.

After a moment we hear the harsh clash of a spotlight turning on.

The spotlight shines on a single microphone on a mic stand.

Silence.

After a moment we hear footsteps. After another moment, JOEL enters.

JOEL approaches the microphone.

 

JOEL:

Hi.

It’s been awhile

Since I’ve

Um

Been here

I’ve been away for some time.

Away from all this place.

This… stage.

It was hard to be here for a while

The world become a hard place to live

A hard place to understand

And therefore… a hard place to work.
A hard place to be here.

But the thing is

There got to be a point where things got so hard that…

So hard that it became apparent that I couldn’t just not work

I needed the work to be a light against these dark times

I needed the work to mean something

I needed the work to be productive

I needed the work to fight

So here we are.

Here I am.

New perspective.

And…

Happy to be here.

Ready to be here.

Ready to fight for my work.

Ready to fight with my work.

Ready to fight.

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