{"id":11587,"date":"2022-08-15T19:13:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T18:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartpoetry.art\/?p=11587"},"modified":"2022-08-15T19:24:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T18:24:37","slug":"a-dramaticule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/15\/a-dramaticule\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dramaticule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Characters<\/p>\n<p>Mike<\/p>\n<p>Milly<\/p>\n<p>A Garage Attendant<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Time<\/p>\n<p>Present Day<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stage Setting<\/p>\n<p>Empty save for three beach chairs<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Milly &#8211; Where are we ?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mike &#8211; We have stopped at a garage<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Milly &#8211; I can see that<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Garage Attendant enters<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mike &#8211; Would you fill her up<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Garage Attendant &#8211; I cannot do that<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mike &#8211; Why ?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Garage Attendant &#8211; Because this is not a garage<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Milly &#8211; It certainly looks like a garage<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mike &#8211; If this is not a garage then what is it ?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Garage Attendant &#8211; This is a beach side bar<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mike &#8211; That is rather odd as we are over one hundred miles from the sea<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Garage Attendant &#8211; Not all beach side bars are near the sea sir<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Milly &#8211; He does have a point Mike<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mike &#8211; Whatever do you mean<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Milly &#8211; I will stay silent but there is a reason for this<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Garage Attendant &#8211; Would you and your wife<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Milly &#8211; I am not his wife I am his mistress<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Garage Attendant &#8211; Would you and your<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Milly &#8211; My name is Milly<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Garage Attendant &#8211; Would you like to sit in one of these beach chairs Milly ?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mike &#8211; This Gas Station is highly illuminated and it can be seen for miles<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Garage Attendant &#8211; This is not a gas station sir<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mike &#8211; Then why is it it illuminated so brightly ?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At this moment the stage is plunged into complete darkness<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mike &#8211; Milly are you okay<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Milly &#8211; Yes perfectly okay<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Garage Attendant &#8211; The revolution has started sir and if I was you I would make yourself scarce<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The stage lights although dull return &#8211;\u00a0 Mike and Milly have left the stage &#8211;\u00a0 The garage attendant is sweeping the forecourt with an old broom<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Characters Mike Milly A Garage Attendant &nbsp; Time Present Day &nbsp; Stage Setting Empty save for three beach chairs &nbsp; Milly &#8211; Where are we ? &nbsp; Mike &#8211; We have stopped at a garage &nbsp; Milly &#8211; I can see that &nbsp; Garage Attendant enters &nbsp; Mike &#8211; Would you fill her up &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11587"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11590,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11587\/revisions\/11590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}