Lodestar Quarterly

Issue 19 • Fall 2006 • Featured Writer • Drama

syzygy

Michael Griffo

Scene 6

Later that night. BETTINA O'REILLY, 36, appears somewhere in space. She is actually in Europe calling on the phone. She is wild, always "on," a little bit slutty, but a few shades shy of trashy.

ALEX (OS)

Hey, yo, give it up for Bobby and Alex. We'll get back to you ... whenever. Later.

BETTINA
(A LA MARILYN MONROE)

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday Mr. McFadden. (NOW VERY CLOSE TO SOUNDING LIKE SHE'S HAVING AN ORGASM.) Happy birthday to you! Alex! Where the fuck are you? It's Bettina, your favorite girlfriend who's actually got a twat. Are you out celebrating your birthday a day early? I wish I could be there, but I'm on a layover in Norway for a few days then it's back to Spain ... the life of the modern day stewardess. Damn I wish I wasn't going to miss the fucktivities -- ah! I made up a new dirty word! It's half fuck and half activities! Get it?! Feel free to claim ownership. Do me a favor and keep a birthday journal. You know how I love to hear all about your antics and then reenact them with unsuspecting Europeans. I think it's morning here, but it could be night; these fucks do freaky things with the sun. In any event I need to get laid so I gotta go. I'm sending you a special gift tomorrow night so be prepared if you know what I mean. Wink, wink, flush, flush. Goodbye my partner in sexcrimes, happy birthday and I'll call you tomorrow!

BLACKOUT

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Michael Griffo's plays include No More Sundays, winner of the New Jersey Perry Award, and Two/Pieces. His ten-minute plays include "Cloudy" and "5G/10B," both to be published in winter 2007 in The Best Ten-Minute Plays 2005 (Smith & Kraus). Mr. Griffo graduated from New York University and studied at Playwrights Horizons and Gotham Writers Workshop. He is represented by ICM (bthomas@icmtalent.com) for theatre and The Evan Marshall Agency (evanmarshall@thenovelist.com) for literature. Contact Michael at michaelgriffo@hotmail.com.

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