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    Kiely Sugayan
    Sep 26, 2020

    DEATH, TAXES, AND...

    in Your Short Plays

    MARIA and RAY are sitting on a back porch having a drink and chatting as the sun goes down. MARIA drinks some lemonade and RAY sips from a beer that is nearly gone. They sit for a moment, enjoying the summer weather.


    MARIA: You know, you know, there are only three things that are constant in my life.


    RAY: And what are those three things?


    MARIA: Death, taxes, and stealing from Target.


    They laugh.


    RAY: Every time?


    MARIA: I have to steal enough to be worth more than what I would have to pay to bail myself out of jail if I got caught. So yeah, a little bit every time.


    RAY: I guess I can excuse it if you’re stealing say, toothpaste.


    MARIA: I am.


    RAY: Now, people who steal stuff they don’t need just for the thrill of stealing, that’s messed up.


    MARIA: Shoplifting can be an addiction just like anything else.


    RAY: Oh, so now there’s nothing that’s wrong in the world?


    END

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