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I’m Waiting

  • Absurdist
  • Monologue
  • 2 min
  • No gender marker
  • Adult
  • Intermediate
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I was told to wait here. So I am waiting. It has been, hold on while I work it out, it has been eleven years. Eleven years, three months, and two particularly long Tuesdays.

People walking past ask me: “But what are you waiting for?” As if that were the question! The question is not what. The question is whether I will last.

Because anybody can wait an hour. A child can wait an hour. But waiting eleven years, with no information, no proof, no timetable on the wall: that, ladies and gentlemen, is a profession.

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