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[Lights come up on woman standing barefoot, wearing faded yoga pants and a baggy t-shirt, hair in ponytail. In the background sits a glider and a pack & play with a diaper changing station, fully stocked with diapers.]
Me
There is a moment, after the adrenalin of childbirth wears off…after the visitors bearing brightly wrapped gifts peter out…after the sleepers have started to get spit-stained, when all the days start to look the same. It doesn’t last forever, but when you are in the thick of it, it seems a little like…this…[baby starts crying]
[She walks back, picks up her baby from the Pack & Play, and sits down in the glider. The scene starts idyllic and calm, a woman rocking her baby, but then it kicks into fast forward. As she says the words, she does the actions, faster and faster.]
Me
Sunrise.
Diaper.
Eat.
Burp.
Spit.
Doze.
Diaper.
Eat…both of you.
Diaper.
Burp.
Spit.
Doze.
Diaper.
Eat.
Burp.
Spit.
Doze.
Dinner cut short.
Diaper.
Eat.
Burp.
Spit.
Diaper.
Finally Sleep.
Sunrise.
And it begins again.
Groundhog Day.
[Lights down.]
