A Sketch by Jean-Pierre Martinez
One – Do you really mean what you’re saying?
Two – Do you really mean what you’re saying?
One – No, I was genuinely asking whether you really meant what you were saying…
Two – Oh, sorry…
Pause.
One – So?
Two – Whether I mean what I’m saying?
One – Yes.
Two – And what exactly did I say?
One – I don’t know. I think you were repeating what I’d said.
Two – And you? Did you really mean what you were saying?
One – I don’t know. I was just repeating what I’d heard said.
Two – That’s incredible… So we don’t really mean what we say?
One – No…
Pause.
Two – At the same time, we’re parrots. We’re not supposed to think, are we?
One – At the same time, we’re parrots. We’re not supposed to think, are we?
Pause.
Two – Do you really mean what you’re saying?
Blackout.
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A sketch from the collection Of Animals and Men
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