Monday, August 29, 2011

What We Don't Hear...

Setting:
County Library late afternoon
Characters:
Little boy playing on the computer in the kids' computer section in one corner of the library.  Head phones on.
20 something man, presumably the child's father,  surfing the internet in the adults' computer section on the opposite corner of the library. Head phones on.
 Scene I:
"DAD" shouts the little boy, to hear himself over the headphones, across the library
"PLAY YOUR GAME" shouts the 20 something man, to hear himself over the headphones, across the library
"DAD COME HERE" shouts the little boy
"PLAY YOUR GAME" shouts the 20 something man
"DAD!!!!!" shouts the little boy
"SHUT YOUR MOUTH AND PLAY YOUR GAME" shouts the 20 something man
"DAD! (pause) i love you" fades out the little boy barely audible to the lady sitting next to him.

Post script:
*sigh*


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