KAPE at YOSI

Isang eksena mula sa pinakahuli kong naisulat na dula. I'm sure, hindi na naman ito papayagan ng mga prude sa UA&P. Somebody find me a free black box theater, I promise I'll stage it there. Hehe.

Coming this February-March.

IKALAWANG TAGPO: KAPE AT YOSI

Sa kabilang mesa.

STEF
Marlowe, it's not polite to eavesdrop.

MARLOWE
Masi won't mind.

STEF
Kahit na.

Magsisindi ng yosi si Marlowe.

MARLOWE
It's funny.

STEF
What is?

MARLOWE
Tayong lahat. How we are all bound by this place.

STEF
Bakit?

MARLOWE
The irony is almost cliche.

STEF
What do you mean?

MARLOWE
Wait for it. It's my next play.

STEF
Ayan ka na naman. Alam mo, delikado kang maging
kaibigan.

MARLOWE
Most people find it liberating.

STEF
Ang mapanood mo ang sarili mong buhay sa stage? Normal
people find it humiliating.

MARLOWE
And liberating. Deep inside, yun naman ang gusto ng mga
tao: mahanap ang sarili sa pinapanood nila. Kahit gusto
nilang tumakas sa totoong buhay.

STEF
How come you never write about yourself in your plays?

MARLOWE
I don't find myself interesting. I enjoy watching

STEF
Voyeur!

MARLOWE
Humanist.

STEF
Bosero!

MARLOWE
Perceptive.

Papasok si Shine. May dalang dalawang tasang
kapeng barako.

SHINE
Barako, black for Marlowe. Vodka Barako for Stef.

MARLOWE
Salamat.

SHINE
At bawal magyosi dito.

Maglalapag ng ashtray si Sunshine sa mesa.

MARLOWE
Sorry.

STEF
Saka water.

SHINE
Alright.

Lalabas si Shine.

STEF
I don't see it.

MARLOWE
What?

STEF
Imposibleng boring ang buhay mo.

MARLOWE
I never said it was boring. I said it wasn't
interesting.

STEF
Malay mo. Try me.

MARLOWE
Kung napanood mo lahat ng play ko, yun na yon.

STEF
Akala ko ba you dislike writing about yourself?

MARLOWE
Oo. Pero yun na ang kaluluwa ko.

STEF
E di interesting nga.

MARLOWE
If you find my plays interesting, salamat.

STEF
Minsan lang masyadong clinical ang dating.

MARLOWE
Clinical?

STEF
You spend too much time trying to disect a simple
emotion.

MARLOWE
There's no emotion that's simple.

STEF
You know what i mean.

MARLOWE
I'm curious so i explore.

STEF
Delikado kang maging kaibigan.

Tahimik.

STEF
How come you never wrote about me?

MARLOWE
Akala ko ba you find it humiliating?

STEF
Sabi ko, normal people find it humiliating.

MARLOWE
Hindi ka normal?

STEF
You tell me, Mr. Profiler.

MARLOWE
Do you want me to write about you?

STEF
I don't know.

Tahimik.

STEF
I always wondered lang. I mean, I saw all of your plays
and I recognize all of our friends in them. Kaya
minsan, iniisip ko, ano kaya ang tingin sa akin ni
Marlowe?

MARLOWE
You saw all of my plays? I thought you didn't like
plays.

Tataasan ng kilay ni Stef si Marlowe. Papasok si
Sunshine na may dalang tubig. Kukunin niya ang
ashtray.

MARLOWE
Saka double pepperoni.

SHINE
Pepperoni, double. Anything else?

STEF
Croissant. Painit.

SHINE
Croisant. Coming.

Lalabas si Shine. Magsisindi ng yosi si Marlowe.

MARLOWE
Is it bad?

STEF
What is?

MARLOWE
To be clinical?

STEF
Hindi naman. I just find it...fascinating. Naisip ko
minsan na "ganun pala yon!" Hindi mo kasi narerealize
pag sayo nangyayari. So what's this new play about?

MARLOWE
You.

Manlalaki ang mata ni Stef.

MARLOWE
Me. Us. About our friends.

Marerelax ang mukha ni Stef.

STEF
About the irony and the cliche.

MARLOWE
Yup.

STEF
What is ironic?

MARLOWE
How all of us like coffee.

STEF
Masi doesn't.

MARLOWE
Bitter din ang beer.

STEF
Oo nga naman. What's ironic about it?

MARLOWE
Deep inside, all of us believe in true love.

STEF
I don't.

MARLOWE
(ngingiti)
Dig deeper.

Tahimik.

STEF
So what are you saying?

MARLOWE
Masarap ang kape.

STEF
Mapait ang kape.

MARLOWE
Yes.

Tahimik.

STEF
So I'll finally see myself in this play?

MARLOWE
You're always in my plays.

Sandaling katahimikan.

STEF
Well, yeah. I "see" myself in your plays in general. I
meant, as a character.

MARLOWE
You're in all of my plays.

Tahimik. Manlalaki ang mata ni Stef.

STEF
Of course not. You've been writing plays before we met.

MARLOWE
Before we were introduced.

Tahimik.

STEF
What are you saying?

Papasok si Shine dala ang croisant at pizza.

SHINE
Croissant for Stef. Pizza for Marlowe.

MARLOWE
Salamat.

SHINE
And no smoking please.

Papatayin ni Marlowe ang yosi niya sa ashtray ni
Sunshine.

MARLOWE
Sorry.

Lalabas si Shine. Magsisindi ng yosi si Marlowe.
Magtititigan ang dalawa.