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ii. boxes

beckett
okay—
assess
reset

you got this

my new place was humble;
just a little utah_shaped room
in the bas_m_nt of a butcher shop
one little window
looking out on a graveyard

it was the first place i found

i didn’t have any furniture
i let jackie have it all
wanted to be as low_conflict as possible
so all i had was a bunch of frayed cardboard boxes
borrowed from a friend
who had just left a poet
they had sharpie scrawls all over them
naming rooms that i didn’t have
“office”
“attic”
“den”
i started out sleeping on the floor
thinking, ok tomorrow i’ll run out to the store
get an air mattress or something
but—i don’t know, i just kind of got used to it

it felt monastic
like i was doing penance

(a giant marionette spider descends from the rafters, operated by susan.)

shelob
such a good boy

beckett
oh yeah, the place had spiders too

shelob
atone for the darkness within

beckett
that’s right shelob!
yeah, i named her shelob
so f_cking basic

shelob
you belong here with us spiders
hidden away in the bas_m_nt
with the other cursed things
beckett
i had a ratty old blanket from when i was a kid
i’d lay there in the dark
thinking about all the things i was sorry for

(phone ring; sadie speaks into an old vintage phone, her back to the audience.)

sadie (as work)
hey beckett! it’s work. wow this is crazy right? anyway, just wanted to check in, we’re still doing team meetings at 4…uh, we’ll send you a link

(beckett ignores the call.)

beckett
i had had plans to you know, do the place up—
but i just kind of lost my drive
i ordered some basics on amazon:
a beanbag chair, a bath mat, a couple sauce pans
a…colander?
not like i cooked

honestly the grocery store freaked me out
and i really didn’t want to leave the house

beckett, susan & sadie
that’s death out there!
beckett
actual, literal death

i could hear it
going door to door—

wolf
{howl}

beckett
yeah no thanks

mostly i did delivery—
a lot of delivery

tracking the driver on my phone
watching them out the peephole
waiting till they’re gone
crack open the door
sn_tch my food
slam it shut

beckett, susan & sadie
sanitize—

beckett
eat my dindin with a plastic fork
reclining on my boxes
while binging old horror movies:
night of the living dead
bride of frankenstein
and the wolfman

(a knock at the door. beckett freezes)

wolf
h_llo? is anyone home?
got some packages for you

beckett
just leave them by the door!

- dave malloy

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