Discourse

AT RISE:

BEN and LISA share a bowl of pudding.

BEN:
Pudding.

LISA:
Yeah.

BEN:
So you feeling better?

LISA:
Not particularly.

BEN:
Hmm.

LISA:
What?

BEN:
I dunno, I really thought the pudding would do it.

LISA:
It's not the pudding, Ben.

BEN:
I know but... I mean, it's chocolate and everything.

LISA:
I know Ben, really. Great pudding.

BEN:
Fantastic?

LISA:
Yes Ben, this pudding is fantastic. If it had a saddle, I would ride this pudding into the sunset.

BEN:
But you don't feel any better.

LISA:
No.
(beat)
Well, less hungry.

BEN:
See? You do feel better.

LISA:
Not the time to be grasping at straws, my friend.

BEN:
I beg to differ.

LISA:
Look, you've got to accept that I'm just going to be mad for a little while, okay?

BEN:
No.

LISA:
No?

BEN:
I refuse to accept that you're just going to be mad for a litle while. Now eat your pudding.

LISA:
I'm starting to wish I had never sold myself into white slavery.

SURPRISE ENDING!

BLACKOUT. END PLAY.