Monday, March 12, 2012

"Mrs. Ho"

WESTWARD
Lately, my audience has wondered if I have a mother ---

MRS. HO
You do ---

WESTWARD
And they wonder, if I have a mother ---

MRS. HO
You do ---

WESTWARD
If she, also, writes plays short and strange.

            (Pause.)
                    WESTWARD (Continued)
Mother?

MRS. HO
I've seldom put pen to paper.  Really, I prefer flowers on porcelain.

WESTWARD
Have you considered?

MRS. HO
I could try my hand at a play.  It won't be soon.  Sunny is coming from the provinces; and there's work to do.  And I haven't picked the color for my window box yet.

WESTWARD
But you'll write a play?

MRS. HO
            (Thinks)
Everything happens eventually.  When I write this . . . play, as you call it --- where do I put it?

            THE END