Monday, April 9, 2012

"Pottery Plays"

MRS. HO
Did you see what I bought, Westward?  I was at a yard sale.
            (Clink, as she brings out a dusty, dog-eared box.)
                  MRS. HO (Continued)
It’s decorated pots.
WESTWARD
They’re ugly---

MRS. HO
Each pot is covered with scraps of paper or bits of fabric---

WESTWARD
Patches.

MRS. HO
---and there’s clear paint or glue over it.

WESTWARD
They’re ugly---

MRS. HO
It was a fashion in the 1950s.

WESTWARD
'70s.  This one has some Bicentennial.

MRS. HO
I got them for you.

WESTWARD
I don’t want them.

MRS. HO
But don’t you see?  Some have old play scripts.

WESTWARD
Old play scripts?

MRS. HO
Bits.  I can’t understand the lines.

WESTWARD
Should I include them in the blog?

MRS. HO
If you don’t want them, I’ll throw them away.

            (Clink, as she moves the box.)

            THE END