The Seed
August 24th, 2020
Starring: Sleepy, Wakey
Mid-morning. Wakey’s in the kitchen, preparing bloody marys. Sleepy enters, looking sleepy.
WAKEY
You slept.
SLEEPY
Couldn’t get enough of it.
WAKEY
Sex dream?
SLEEPY
No, I stopped having those.
...
I think I wrote a children’s story.
In the dream.
And I was on a book tour going to all those Scholastic book fairs reading it to kids.
WAKEY
Sounds like it was a hit.
SLEEPY
Guess so.
WAKEY
You should write it. In real life.
SLEEPY
I don’t remember it. All I know is that I wrote one.
WAKEY
But if you dreamed it, the seed’s in there. You could find it.
SLEEPY
That’s the thing. All this potential’s inside, but it’s walled off.
WAKEY
Welcome to the club.
SLEEPY
What club’s that?
WAKEY
Being conscious that consciousness sucks.
Do you feel different?
SLEEPY
A bit cheated.
WAKEY
You skipped denial and went straight to anger. Nice.
I’m already at acceptance.
SLEEPY
Does it get better?
WAKEY
Not really. You just get more comfortable.
...
But hey, you’re aware, and that’s worth celebrating.
If you can’t turn off the brain, might as well numb it.
Wakey hands Sleepy a Bloody Mary.
WAKEY
To your book’s subconscious success.
Cheers!
SLEEPY
Cheers.
Clink. Drink.