Sunday, November 23, 2025

November Playwrighting 23: Angles Weep No More (again)

(GABRIELLE ENTERS out of breath)

                                                        GABRIELLE

Me neither!

                       JANIS             

Why are you chasing me so hard?

                                                    GABRIELLE

You run fast and you don’t belong here.

                       JANIS

How does Jim get to be here and I don’t belong? He’s a terrible human being.

                                                GABRIELLE

That is a misconception.

                                                JANIS

Ha! You’re trippin’. He is despicable.

                                                PEARL

B..b…b..b..bad to the bone! That’s why we love him! And you!

                    JANIS

I was nothing like him. He hits on anything that moves. I clobbered him the first time I met him and tonight was the second time.

                                        PATTY

You hit him hard! Where is he anyway?

                                        GABRIELLE

Chez pas. We thought if we found you, he would appear again.

                                        JANIS

I don’t want to be near him.

                                        PATTY

Then why did you return?

                                        JANIS

I have no fucking clue. I was somewhere and then ripped away from there to blow into here. I wasn’t given a lot of warning.

                                        PEARL

No, why did you come back here to us tonight? You ran.

                                    JANIS

Ah, yes. I was scared that this was all just a bad trip, you know. The more I’m awake though, the more I remember or see. And I heard my song, so I had to sing it! Nice pipes!

                                    PEARL

Thanks, it calms me down.

                                    JANIS

Mmmmmm. .. I get that.

                                    GABRIELLE

Oui, l’amour et le coeur.  It opens the heat to sing.

                                    JANIS

Heavy.

                                GABRIELLE

(sings) I'll say come on, come on
Come on, come on

… And take it!

                                JANIS

 (sings) Take another little piece of my heart now, baby

                PEARL

 (sing chant) Oh, oh, break it!

                                        JANIS

(sings) Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah

                PEARL and PATTY

 (sing chant) Oh, oh, have a!

                                    JANIS and GABRIELLE

(sings) Have another little piece of my heart now, baby

Well you know you got it, child
If it makes you feel good

                                JANIS

(sings)  I need you to come on

            JANIS, GABRIELLE, PEARL and PATTY

 come on
Come on, come on

(ENTER JIM MORRISON)

                                JIM

(loud singing) Come on! Come on!

 

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