Apolitical

AT RISE:

Two MEN sit on a couch. There is an UNDENIABLE SEXUAL TENSION in the air, though this is never acknowledged, nor must it ever be to maintain the fragile grip these two poor souls have on their notions of sexuality. One imagines that they spend abnormal amounts of time wrestling.

MAN A:
Maybe we should get another piece of furniture.

MAN B:
Why?

MAN A:
So we wouldn't be forced to share a couch all the time.

A beat.

MAN B:
Could we just get a comfier couch instead?

Man A looks at Man B with a look that would convey long-hidden passions and lust if he were even a little bit self-aware. As it is, he just looks kind of sleepy.

MAN A:
Yes. Yes we can.

MAN B:
Awesome.

They shake hands, lingering just a little too long. In self-defense their minds seize up, and start churning out the names of star running backs from the 1960's.

BLACKOUT. END PLAY.