Put Down

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A silent scene

By David Ibarra

Contact:
David Ibarra
Ball State University
Park Hall, Rm. 249
Muncie, IN 47306
425-445-3422
soulfege@gmail.com
SCENE 1

Lights reveal a quaint looking open house with

stairs, a living room, dining room and kitchen.
There are family pictures hanging on the walls
and numerous dog toys strewn across the
carpeted floor in the living room.

MARSHA is cleaning two dog bowls in the

sink. She is middle aged and fair looking. There
are crumpled tissues on the dining room table
with a kleenex box next to it. GRACE enters the
front door in her backpack and school clothes
with a determined walk. When she enters
MARSHA looks around the kitchen wall to see
who just entered the house. GRACE goes
straight for the stairs with no hesitation and goes
for her room and slams her door upon entrance.

MARSHA finishes up drying her hands and

goes to clean off the dining room table. She
sniffles here and there. BLAKE enters the house
in his school attire and MARSHA reacts by
looking for a response. She gets none. He goes
for the fridge in the kitchen and retrieves an
orange juice carton. He retreats to the living room
couch, passing his mom and sits down. He takes
out his phone and starts texting while taking
swigs of the orange juice. MARSHA finishes
cleaning off the table with a wet wipe. She then
takes the orange juice out of BLAKEs hands.
He jolts up and immediately heads to the second
room upstairs slamming the door behind him.

MARSHA sighs and slowly walks to the kitchen

with great sadness. She puts away the orange
juice and takes out a cardboard box and sets it
down on the dining room table so that the word
Donate is seen. After setting the box down, she
goes to the living room and collects all the dog
toys on the floor. She goes back to the box and
takes her time looking at each one as if looking at
a memory.
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There is the possibility of crying but it is not

necessary. Putting the last toy in the box is
overwhelming and she exits via the kitchen door.