A Sketch by Jean-Pierre Martinez
Two characters. They remain silent for a moment.
One – How time flies…
Two – What time is it?
One – No, I meant… in general.
Two – In general?
One – How time flies… in general.
Two – Oh, I see…
One – As Aznavour sang… “Yesterday when I was young”…
Two – Yeah…
One – If only young people knew how short life is…
Two – You think they don’t know?
One – Doesn’t stop them from thinking that old people are a different breed.
Two – Well, sometimes old people don’t make much effort to stay young either.
One – Call us old fools, too.
Two – Isn’t that what we are?
One – There are young fools too.
Two – At least they have the excuse of youth.
One – You’re right… If only young people knew how short life is…
Two – They’d already be old.
Fade to black.
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