Day 25: Static

Anger? What makes you angry? Write a play about that. Unleash your inner demons and tell the world what you think of it. Maybe even how to fix it. That's roughly what our brief was for today. I'm not smart/arrogant enough to tell people how to fix things. This was also kind of an experiment with format. The formatting is really important so I hope blogger preserves it. This is a pseudo stream of consciousness piece (I followed my nose mostly, but with time to reflect on what I was writing instead of a complete brain dump)

                                                                                  Static

                                                                        By Jeremy Linnell

A man, dripping blood, strapped to a school desk, is wheeled on by two people. Their forms large and imposing, their faces obscured. They hold the knives, ready to carve his meat. An explosion of static. Here we go.

Sound the alarm

                                    Can you hear me?

Stop that                                                                      You’re acting childish

                        It’s for your own good

                                                                                                                        You’re lying to yourself

1300 dead

Please fill out the form

New victims found at the scene

10-15 working days

                                                                                                            A number of children

Did you just push in?

                                                No

                                                                                    No

No

                        No

                                                            No

                                                                                                            I really mean it

What are you some sort of freak?

                                                                        It should be illegal

Monitoring

                                                            For your own safety

            Why didn’t you tell me?

                                                                                                            Mass graves

                        Dead for days

                                                            If you’ve done nothing wrong you have nothing to hide

Security enforced media blackout

                                   

                                                            It all hurts

3

                                                2

                                                                                                                        1

                                    Oh he’s off again

                                                                                                Another rant

Another one of his moods

                                                            Paedophile ring

2.5 million unemployed

                                                                                    £39 for breakfast

                                    Have you tried breathing?

            You just need to get on with things.

                                                                                                            Everyone gets sad

503,000 vacanies

                                                Immigrants cause traffic congestion

I wouldn’t worry about it

Oh look at this: Katie vs Katie

We’re here to help

£30,000 for getting you a job

Your best interests at heart

So trust us, ok?

You have a bit of an attitude

FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU

                        What are those scars?

                                                                                    I think we need some time apart

I can’t give you the help you need

                                                                                                You manic episodes scared me

            I tried to warn you this would happen

                                                It always does

                                                                        Over and over

                                                                                                And over

Until it stops

                                                            30 years is more than enough

Do you want 30 more? How about 35?

                                                                                                Why don’t you do something?

This is the way it has to be.

                                                Do you really think that would work?

You’re a fucking idiot.

                                                                        No you can’t leave.

                                    Sometimes you just have to take it.

             That’s what being a grown up is

                                                LET’S GET BACK TO THE REST OF IT

Ignore my problems

                                                            Tasers used on 400 children in 2013

                                    There’s probably a good reason

            Have you seen children these days?

No good

            No worth

                        No hope

                                    N

                                                E

                                                            E

                                                                        T

So how are the kids?

                                                                                    Expenses

                        ISIS soldiers

                                                                                                Blew up a school

Watched his friends die

                                                They’re all self-harming these days

                        Probably like the attention

                                    Is it really your place to ask?

                                                                                                            Maybe I should just shut up?

            No it’s ok.

                                                Please understand.

                                                This is how it has to be