boxes

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​ii. boxes BECKETT ​okay— ​assess ​reset ​you got this ​my new place was humble; ​just a little utah-shaped room ​in the basement of a butcher shop ​one little window ​looking out on a graveyard ​it was the first place i found ​i didn't have any furniture ​i let jackie have it all ​wanted to be as low-conflict as possible ​so all i had was a bunch of frayed cardboard boxes ​borrowed from a friend ​who had just left a poet ​they had sharpie scrawls all over them ​naming rooms that i didn't have "office" "attic" "den" ​i started out sleeping on the floor ​thinking, ok tomorrow i'll run out to the store ​get an air mattress or something ​but—i don't know, i just kind of got used to it ​it felt monastic ​like i was doing penance (a giant marionette spider descends from the rafters, operated by susan.) SHELOB (SUSAN) ​such a good boy BECKETT ​oh yeah, the place had spiders too SHELOB ​atone for the darkness within BECKETT ​that's right shelob! ​yeah, i named her shelob ​so fucking basic SHELOB ​you belong here with us spiders ​hidden away in the basement ​with other cursed things BECKETT ​i had a ratty old blanket from when i was a kid ​i'd lay there in the dark ​thinking about all the things i was sorry for (phone ring; sadie speaks into an old vintage phone, her back to the audience.) SADIE (as work) ​hey beckett! it's work. wow this is crazy right? anyway, just ​wanted to check in, we're still doing team meetings at 4…uh, ​we'll send you a link (beckett ignores the call.) BECKETT ​i had had plans to you know, do the place up— ​but i just kind of lost my drive ​i ordered some basics on amazon: ​a beanbag chair, a bath mat, a couple sauce pans ​a…colander? ​not like i cooked ​honestly the grocery store freaked me out ​and i really didn't want to leave the house BECKETT, SUSAN & SADIE ​that's death out there! BECKETT ​actual, literal death ​i could hear it ​going door to door— WOLF ​{howl} BECKETT ​yeah no thanks ​mostly i did delivery— ​a lot of delivery ​tracking the driver on my phone ​watching them out the peephole ​waiting till they're gone ​crack open the door ​snatch my food ​slam it shut BECKETT, SUSAN & SADIE ​sanitize— BECKETT ​eat my dindin with a plastic fork ​reclining on my boxes ​while binging old horror movies: ​night of the living dead ​bride of frankenstein ​and the wolfman (a knock at the door. beckett freezes.) WOLF ​hello? is anyone home? ​got some packages for you BECKETT ​just leave them by the door!