General Script posted December 15, 2018

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Scene on an Old Porch

by Bill Schott

Pallas and his older brother Pez sit together on the steps of a porch of an old house. Pez: This house must be held up by the mouse turds in the walls. Pallas: It is pretty rickety. Wonder why they don't tear it down. Pez: The Bosasos. Pallas: Yeah. The bozos. Pez: No, dummy. The last owners were the Bosasos. Pallas: So? Pez: The Bosasos all died inside on the same night. Pallas: What!? Pez: Yeah. Bozona Bosaso -- Pallas: Bullpucky! There's no one named Bozona Bosaso. Pez: You're right; she's dead. Pallas: Why would anyone name their kid Bozona? Pez: Why would anyone call a kid Pallas? For laughs, of course. Pallas: How did she d-- she was a she, right? Pez: She was a she. Her brother's name was Boffo, and the parents were Milky and Bilky. Pallas: The Bosasos. Pez: Right. They were all killed on a Friday night twenty years ago. Pallas: Inside there?    Turns to look at the screenless storm door behind him. Pez:  Sheriff Shawn said that they were all shot by a lunatic with a pistol. Pallas:  Who is Sheriff Shawn?  Sounds like a friend of Barney the Dinosaur. Pez:  He was our local lawman, before the county took over. Pallas:  Where is he now? Pez:  He disappeared a few days after the bodies were found. Pallas:  That sounds pretty suspicious. Did they figure out who shot the Bosasos?  I bet it was Ranger Ron with his forty-four.   Pez:  It was actually a snub-nose thirty-eight. He showed it to me once or twice. Pallas: So, did you know Bozona? Pez:  We necked in the park once. Pallas:  What!?  You kissed a dead girl!? Pez:  She wasn't dead then. Pallas:  I can't believe you're so cool about it. Pez: It was twenty years ago. Pallas:  Holy Moley!  This is insane. I have never even heard of any of this and here you are making out with the deceased. Pez: She wasn't dead yet. Pallas:  Did they ever solve the murder? Pez:  They pretty much figure Sheriff Shawn shot them all for no good reason.  Pallas:  Did someone suspect him? Is that why he ran off? Pez: I'm sure someone did. Pallas:  Wow!  Maybe somebody shot HIM! He might still be here, buried somewhere. Pez: Maybe under this rotting old porch.  Pallas:  Hoo hoo!  Begins to sing the words to 'I Shot the Sheriff'. Pez: Let's go see what's going on in the park. Pallas:  Okay. Let me call that song up on my smart phone. The two leave the porch and walk across the street listening to the song play. Pez: Whispering  ...but I did not shoot the de-pu-ty.   Write A Review Pays one point and 2 member cents. You need to login or register to write reviews. It's quick! We only ask four questions to new members.