A Fable from the 'War On Women'

Arthur Meiselman

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writings: dialogues

May 2012

On a lazy, warm, cloudy, summer's afternon
a boy and a girl play hide-and-seek.

He calls: When I find you, I'm going to spank you.

She calls: I'm hiding.

He calls: When I find you, I'm going to slap you.

She calls: I'm hiding.

He calls: When I find you, I'm going to punch you.

She calls: I'm hiding.

He calls: When I find you, I'm going to give you candy.

She calls: I'm hiding.

He calls: When I find you, I'm going to give you ice cream.

She calls: I'm hiding.

He calls: When I find you, I'm going to give you a doll.

She calls: I'm hiding.

He calls: When I find you, I'm going to hug you.

She calls: I'm hiding.

He calls: When I find you, I'm going to tickle you.

She calls: I'm hiding.

He calls: When I find you, I'm going to kiss you.

She calls: I'm hiding.

He yells: If I can't find you, I'm going to take off all my clothes and paint myself blue and never say another word. Then I'm going to show your mother what you made me do. And then I'm going to hide.

She calls: I'm hiding.

He whispers: I'm hiding.

She calls: You're in the closet. 

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Arthur Meiselman is a playwright, writer and the Editor of Scene4.
He also directs the Talos Ensemble and produces for Aemagefilms

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