Writing As It Is Being Written (A play to be performed by five performers.)
1:
I am writing.
1:
I am writing
1&2:
a play.
1:
I am writing
1&2:
a play
1&2&3:
right now.
1:
I am writing
1&2:
a play
1&2&3:
right now
1&2&3&4:
and you are listening to it.
1:
I am writing
1&2:
a play
1&2&3:
right now
1&2&3&4:
and you are listening to it
1&2&3&4&5:
some time in the future.
1:
I am writing
1&2:
a play
1&2&3:
right now
1&2&3&4:
and you are listening to it
1&2&3&4&5:
some time in the future
1&2&3&4&5&6:
at which time you will be completely unaware of the fact...
ALL:
I am writing a play right now and you are listening to it some time in the future at which time you will be completely unaware of the fact
1:
that I am writing.
1:
I am writing a play.
1:
I am writing a play
1&2:
in my car.
1:
I am writing a play
1&2:
in my car
1&2&3:
on the way to rehearsal.
1:
I am writing a play
1&2:
in my car
1&2&3:
on the way to rehearsal
1&2&3&4:
trying not to have an accident.
5:
I could.
5:
I could
6:
be.
5&6:
I could be
1:
writing a play.
5&6&1:
I could be writing a play
2:
on the beach.
5&6&1&2:
I could be writing a play on the beach
3:
or in the bath.
5&6&1&2&3:
I could be writing a play on the beach or in the bath
4:
or while getting a blowjob.
ALL:
I could be writing a play on the beach or in the bath or while getting a blowjob
5:
but I’m not.
1:
I am writing a play in my car on the way to rehearsal trying not to have an accident and you are listening to it some time in the future at which time you will be completely unaware of the fact that I am writing a play.
ALL:
I am writing a play in my car on the way to rehearsal trying not to have an accident and you are listening to it some time in the future at which time you would have been completely unaware of the fact that I am writing a play
1:
if I hadn’t told you.
1:
I am finishing.
1:
I am finishing
2:
a play.
1:
I am finishing
2:
a play
3:
sometime in the future.
1:
I am finishing
2:
a play
3:
sometime in the future
4:
after I got out of the car
5:
and went to rehearsal
6:
and didn’t have an accident.
1:
I am not going to tell you in what condition I finished this play.
ALL:
It’s not as pertinent as the fact that—
1:
I have written.
1:
I have written a play.
Curtain
Otium
