The Husband and The Wife, in an unexpected appearance.
THE WIFE
I don’t love you.
THE HUSBAND
What?
THE WIFE
I don’t love you.
THE HUSBAND
You don’t love me anymore?
THE WIFE
I didn’t say that. I didn’t say “anymore.” I don’t love you now.
THE HUSBAND
You don’t’ love me now.
THE WIFE
Right now. In this particular moment. I don’t love you.
THE HUSBAND
Does that pass?
THE WIFE
Typically. I’ll go back to loving you in a moment or two.
THE HUSBAND
That’s good.
THE WIFE
Don’t worry. It never stays for long.
THE HUSBAND
May I ask you something?
THE WIFE
Sure.
THE HUSBAND
What does it feel like?
THE WIFE
Not loving you?
THE HUSBAND
Yes.
THE WIFE
Wonderful. No offense. It feels like I’ve let everything fall away from me, and I am completely unfettered. You don’t exist anymore. You’re just this memory I can’t grab on to very clearly. And I feel like I can do anything in the world because I am tied to nothing. I just want to scream with joy. Because you can do that, you know, scream with joy. And I want to do that when I don’t love you.
THE HUSBAND
Oh. I see.
A few moments of silence.
THE WIFE
I love you again.
THE HUSBAND
You do?
THE WIFE
Yes. See? I told you. Wait a few moments, and it passes.
Silence.
THE WIFE (cont.)
I know I love you again because I feel stones piled up high inside my chest. A weight. Like a shadow that passes over a field and chills you.
The lights go down.
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I wish I could attend. I wish. I wish. I wish. Congratulations. You are doing so well.
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