A Sketch by Jean-Pierre Martinez
Two characters enter. They stand still side by side.
One – Don’t you hear a noise?
Two – A noise? What noise?
One – I don’t know… A noise… Like… Tick, tick, tick…
Two – Tick, tick, tick…?
One – Or maybe tock, tock, tock…
Two – Tick, tick, tick or tock, tock, tock?
One – You really don’t hear anything?
Two – Now that you mention it… Yes, maybe…
One – What do you hear?
Two – Knock, knock, knock.
One – Like someone knocking on a door?
Two – Or maybe more like tock, tock, tock. What about you?
One – Tick, tick, tick.
Two – Tock, tock, tock.
One – Tock, tick, tock, tick…
Two – Tick, tock, tick, tock…
One – I don’t see a clock.
Two – And we don’t have a watch either.
One – But time keeps passing anyway…
Blackout.
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