{"id":365,"date":"2011-05-21T19:02:16","date_gmt":"2011-05-21T19:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mtls.ca\/issue9\/?page_id=365"},"modified":"2012-01-30T09:03:35","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T09:03:35","slug":"yvette-nolan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mtls.ca\/issue11\/writings\/drama\/yvette-nolan","title":{"rendered":"Yvette Nolan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>*Donne In<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Night.\u00c2\u00a0 A man stands on the railing of a bridge, looking down at the water.\u00c2\u00a0 He leans out over the water hanging on with one hand.<\/p>\n<p>Sound of a car door.<\/p>\n<p>Max enters behind Donne.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Huyah!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Aaauch!\u00c2\u00a0 (he grabs the upright, clings)\u00c2\u00a0 Christ!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do it, eh? That was your big chance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 What the hell are you talking about?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Could even\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve told yourself it was an accident on the way down.\u00c2\u00a0 In case you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a Catholic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not &#8211; I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not &#8211; I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t going to &#8211; (pause)\u00c2\u00a0 I was chased up here by a dog.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 A dog.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Yes, a dog.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 What kind of a dog?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Why?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I mean, was it a little white dog?\u00c2\u00a0 A boxer? A pit bull?\u00c2\u00a0 Did it bite you? Was it drooling and foaming?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Black.\u00c2\u00a0 It was black.\u00c2\u00a0 With teeth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 With teeth, eh?<\/p>\n<p>Max looks around.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Well, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see any dog around here, white, black or otherwise.\u00c2\u00a0 Why don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you come down?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Look, why don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you &#8211; thank you very much for your concern, but I am fine, so if you could please just leave me alone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Oh, WHY?\u00c2\u00a0 Why the fuck not?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just leave you here, thinking about &#8211; you know.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I told you, it was a dog.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Right.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t leave you here, thinking about dogs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Why not?\u00c2\u00a0 What are you supposed to be? An angel?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Cabbie.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Pardon?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m a cabdriver.\u00c2\u00a0 A cabbie.\u00c2\u00a0 Just a cabbie on the graveyard shift looking for a fare, deader\u00e2\u20ac\u2122n shit out here, I see this guy standing on the railing of a bridge, I figure, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a guy that needs a lift.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Well, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Look like you do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Well, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t.\u00c2\u00a0 Okay?\u00c2\u00a0 So could you just go away, Mr Graveyard Shift Just Looking For a Fare.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Max.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Max?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Max.\u00c2\u00a0 My name.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Oh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Yours?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Donne.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Done?\u00c2\u00a0 No wonder you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re trying to check out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Donne.\u00c2\u00a0 Like the poet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Do not go gently into that good night -\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Dylan Thomas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Oh.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Death be not proud &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the one.\u00c2\u00a0 (pause)\u00c2\u00a0 Are you sure you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a cabbie?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 You mean, because I know some poetry?\u00c2\u00a0 What, you think I woke up as a fourteen year old one fresh morning a coupla hundred years ago and thought, doctor? lawyer?\u00c2\u00a0 Naw, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m gonna be a cabdriver when I grow up!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 No, I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mean, well, I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think &#8211; well, maybe I did.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 But you know, shit happens.\u00c2\u00a0 Shit just happens.\u00c2\u00a0 Or as my buddhist friend says, shit happens for a reason.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Great.\u00c2\u00a0 Just great.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Zen and the art of cabdriving.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Oh c\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m\u00e2\u20ac\u2122on Donne.\u00c2\u00a0 Get it?\u00c2\u00a0 Come on Donne.\u00c2\u00a0 Come on down.\u00c2\u00a0 Come on down, Donne.\u00c2\u00a0 I bet you got teased a lot as a kid.\u00c2\u00a0 Dun-da-duh-dun. (Oh oh music theme) Dun-de-de-dun-de-de-dun dun (Bonanza theme).\u00c2\u00a0 (pretends to knock) Are you Donne in there?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Okay, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s it. (he starts to step off the railing)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Wait!!!\u00c2\u00a0 Please.\u00c2\u00a0 Please, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not going about this the right way.\u00c2\u00a0 I do that, always make a joke, try and lighten up the situation.\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not always appreciated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Please.\u00c2\u00a0 Just go away.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Why?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I just can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t.<\/p>\n<p>(pause)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Look, Donne.\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not going to give you any grand speeches about sunrises and the laughter of a child, the taste of good scotch or your mama\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s scalloped potatoes, about that first sip of coffee in the morning, about about the unconditional love of a dog &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Donne glares at him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Okay, okay, bad example.\u00c2\u00a0 Anyway, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not doing that speech because I know you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t give a rat\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ass about any of those things right now.\u00c2\u00a0 In fact, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not all that much to recommend this life.\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hard, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lonely, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s &#8211; it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Max stops, sighs.\u00c2\u00a0 Pause.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Max?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Yuh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s &#8211; ?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 What?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 You were giving me a speech about not giving me a speech about flowers and sunsets and all that crap &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Flowers and sunsets?\u00c2\u00a0 I never said anything about flowers and sunsets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Yeah, okay, whatever, not flowers and sunsets but, you know, cliches, and then you said it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hard and lonely and you &#8211; stopped.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Yeah, well, got wore out thinking about it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not very good at this, Max.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 So, what do you care?\u00c2\u00a0 You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re gonna go for the big swim anyway, leave me standing here looking like the biggest jerk in the universe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t care, really, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to try and reach out to someone who is contemplating the big swim as you so colourfully put it, you might want to work on your technique a little.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 So what are you gonna do, haunt me?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t what?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get cynical and bitter on me, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not like that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 No, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not.\u00c2\u00a0 How do you know?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Because you stopped.\u00c2\u00a0 Because you stopped to try and talk a guy down off a bridge.\u00c2\u00a0 Because you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a <em>cabbie<\/em> who stopped.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Now look who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s getting bitter and cynical.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m the guy who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s jumping, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m allowed.\u00c2\u00a0 Supposed to, in fact.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 But you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not now, are you.<\/p>\n<p>Donne looks down at the water.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcCause you see, the thing is, Donne, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not as bad now as it was ten minutes ago, is it?\u00c2\u00a0 And in ten more minutes, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll probably be not as bad as it seems now.\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not as dramatic as sunrise, it just &#8211; passes &#8211; a little bit.<\/p>\n<p>Pause.<\/p>\n<p>Donne shakes his head.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 C\u00e2\u20ac\u2122mon, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not going to go through with it because you said you would and you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a stand up kind of guy who always follows through.\u00c2\u00a0 No one knows, right?\u00c2\u00a0 So, no one will ever know, I won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t tell anyone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Oh yeah, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll dine out on this for a month, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be the topper story down at the donut shop won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it, so I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m driving along, s\u00e2\u20ac\u2122deader than shit, and I see this guy standing on the bridge, this <em>suit<\/em>, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll call me right, Max? this <em>suit<\/em>, and he says he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been chased up there by a dog &#8211; and all your little friends will go har-de-har-de-har.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t tell anyone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Of course you will, and you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll all relish in the fact that there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s really nothing wrong with my life, that I have it all, the car, the job, okay so I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get past the second date, and I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t touched another human being in six months, but so what? I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not hungry, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got my health, and you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll all shake your heads and go aww, poor little yuppie feels empty &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t tell anyone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Sure you will.\u00c2\u00a0 I would.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 No.<\/p>\n<p>Max:\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Come down and we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll go for a cup a coffee, pass the next half hour or so.\u00c2\u00a0 Talk poetry. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re both poetry guys.\u00c2\u00a0 You know Hopkins?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Not, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll not, carrion comfort, Despair -\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Not feast on thee -\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.\u00c2\u00a0 Good poet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Great poet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Also kinda down.\u00c2\u00a0 Jesuit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 You a Catholic?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Me God no!?\u00c2\u00a0 Grew out of it.<\/p>\n<p>Donne laughs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Come on down, Donne.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Okay.<\/p>\n<p>He does not move.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Shoo!\u00c2\u00a0 Git!\u00c2\u00a0 G\u00e2\u20ac\u2122wan!\u00c2\u00a0 Okay, coast\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s clear.\u00c2\u00a0 No dog.<\/p>\n<p>Donne looks at him.\u00c2\u00a0 Max offers him a hand.\u00c2\u00a0 Donne jumps down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 My cab\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s over here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Streets really are dead.<\/p>\n<p>A church bell chimes five.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Five o\u00e2\u20ac\u2122clock.\u00c2\u00a0 Sun\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be up in half an hour.\u00c2\u00a0 C\u00e2\u20ac\u2122mon, we wanna beat the breakfast rush.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Okay.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 And my friends don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t go har-de-har-de-har.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mean anything.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 That would be evil.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donne:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I just meant -\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Lights fade as they exit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*<em>Donne In<\/em> was commissioned and produced by Nakai Theatre, Whitehorse, Yukon in 1998. It is published in <em>Two For The Show<\/em>, edited by Brian Kennedy, Playwrights Canada Press; 2000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*Donne In &nbsp; Night.\u00c2\u00a0 A man stands on the railing of a bridge, looking down at the water.\u00c2\u00a0 He leans out over the water hanging on with one hand. Sound of a car door. Max enters behind Donne. Max:\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Huyah!! Donne:\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Aaauch!\u00c2\u00a0 (he grabs the upright, clings)\u00c2\u00a0 Christ! Max:\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do it, eh? 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