(curtain rises…both are getting into bed)
Mémé: I’m not asking you to cheat
Only to tweak. (turning over, back to Pépé)
Pépé: I refuse to participate, in the choices they make,
can’t you see, Just let it be!
(he does the same and turns over. now both are lying back to back)
Mémé: Get off your arse then, and turn off the light!
There ain’t nothing right… left to be seen this night.
Pépé: I thought it was your turn
To turn out the lights, tonight.
Mémé: You want to fight?
(as a matter of fact)
I still got a good right.
(giggling)
Pépé: What is it that you want me to do?
Again. Before I lay down.
(slowly getting up)
Mémé: Go and tell the grandchildren
To stop this, this… “Messing around!
…La vie ne est plus le pont de d’Avignon.”
Pépé:
(re-enters and gets into bed facing mémé)
Bonsoir Mémé.
Mémé: Bonsoir Pépé.
(Both start humming ‘Sous le pont de d’Avignon’)
(Curtain closes)
Locomente
July 17, 2015 at 7:21 am
Very nice,… I could envision it 🙂
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glmeisner
July 13, 2015 at 1:41 pm
The old couple arguing is a common theme but here is a new spin. Well written.
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Jae Rose
July 13, 2015 at 9:11 am
I have heard the song..this opens it out beautifully…
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Donna@Living From Happiness
July 12, 2015 at 7:36 pm
OH I really loved this….love and feistiness! A perfect combination….
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Mary
July 12, 2015 at 6:22 pm
Enjoyed this conversation, ZQ!
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Jamztoma
July 12, 2015 at 5:15 pm
i couldn’t help but giggle at your piece RQ. really reminded me of my maternal grandparents and their little soft quarrels. this made my Sunday, thanks.
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Susan
July 12, 2015 at 2:10 pm
This is new to me. It feels very light and fun. I assume they do in bed as under the bridge, things that they can not do elsewhere? Or is this a children’s song?
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Sherry Blue Sky
July 12, 2015 at 12:44 pm
Ha, I remember the repartee, the laughter, I had forgotten. Thanks for reminding me. Love where they are both humming, likely through big grins…….
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Sanaa Rizvi
July 12, 2015 at 11:45 am
Quite an enjoyable read 🙂
Happy weekend!
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg)
July 12, 2015 at 11:31 am
Ha, I think a little confrontation is what leads directly to the bed.. This is like a Shakespeare comedy.
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Sumana Roy
July 12, 2015 at 10:33 am
aw…Pépé became prosaic at the end…otherwise it was good going…lol…thoroughly enjoyed the song, thanks for the link :).
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x
July 12, 2015 at 10:23 am
Ha. There is playfulness that we do not always see in love. The opening intrigues me a bit. Is choosing not to participate even a choosing. Dancing is Def freedom.
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kaykuala h
July 12, 2015 at 4:39 am
It is so cute, ZQ! It is reliving the friendly banter one needs to rekindle the old Tiger in oneself again. It’ll work wonders when both are game!
Hank
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