Monologue

monologue

Does Daniel Harding live here? I’m looking for Daniel Harding. He lives here. I thought. But…Ooooh…he doesn’t, does he? Oooh, I am so sorry! I am so embarassed! “Who is she and what is she doing here?” I just honestly thought he’d be here. I always thought he’d be here. Always. Do you know him? Big guy, big tall guy. Played basketball, All-Maine, center? Strong. Do you know him? Played hockey, too? Oh, don’t even answer that. That was - I know that’s a horrible question to ask a person who lives in a small town, as if everybody in small towns knows everybody else. Argh! I can’t believe I just asked that. I don’t live here anymore, but when I did, I hated when people assumed I knew everybody in town just because it was small. It was worse than when they’d ask if we had plumbing “way up there,” cause, you know, people in small towns really don’t know each other any better than they do in big towns, you know that? I mean, you know who you know, and you don’t know who you don’t know, just like anywhere else.

I’m so sorry to have bothered you. I was just so sure — When his parents passed away, he kept the house, I heard. He lived here. He stayed here, I thought. He was one of the ones who stayed.

I didn’t stay. I went away. And I guess he did too.

Does Daniel Harding live here?

I’m looking for Daniel Harding.

I’m looking for Daniel Harding.

He lives here.

He lives here.

I thought. But…

I thought. But…

…Oooh…he doesn’t, does he?

…Oooh…he doesn’t, does he?

Oooh, I am so sorry!

Oooh, I am so sorry!

I am so embarrassed!

I am so embarrassed!

“Who is this woman and what is she doing here?”

“Who is this woman and what is she doing here?”

I just honestly thought he’d be here.

I just honestly thought he’d be here.

I always thought he’d be here.

I always thought he’d be here.

Always.

Always.

Do you know him?

Do you know him? (1)

Big guy, big tall guy.

Big guy, big tall guy.

Played basketball, All-Maine, center?

Played basketball, All-Maine, center?

Strong.

Strong.

Do you know him?

Do you know him? (2)

Played hockey, too?

Played hockey, too?

Oh, don’t even answer that.

Oh, don’t even answer that.

That was —-

That was —-

I know that’s a horrible question to ask a person who lives in a small town, as if everybody in small towns knows everybody else.

I know that’s a horrible question to ask a person who lives in a small town, as if everybody in small towns knows everybody else.

Argh!

Argh!

I can’t believe I asked that.

I can’t believe I asked that.

I don’t live here anymore, but when I did, I hated it when people assumed I knew everybody in town just because it was small.

I don’t live here anymore, but when I did, I hated it when people assumed I knew everybody in town just because it was small.

It was worse than when they’d ask if we had plumbing “way up there,” cause, you know, people in small towns really don’t know each other any better than they do in big towns, you know that?

It was worse than when they’d ask if we had plumbing “way up there,” cause, you know, people in small towns really don’t know each other any better than they do in big towns, you know that?

I mean, you know who you know, and you don’t know who you don’t know, just like anywhere else.

I mean, you know who you know, and you don’t know who you don’t know, just like anywhere else.

I’m so sorry to have bothered you.

I’m so sorry to have bothered you.

I was just so sure —-

I was just so sure —-

When his parents passed away, he kept the house, I heard.

When his parents passed away, he kept the house, I heard.

He lived here.

He lived here.

He stayed here, I thought.

He stayed here, I thought.

He was one of the ones who stayed.

He was one of the ones who stayed.

I didn’t stay.

I didn’t stay.

I went away.

I went away.

And I guess he did too.