A LIFE HELD TOGETHER BY
THE FIGURE ‘THOUSAND’

L'Avant-Scène n° 1000

To finish up!

- Ugh!
- Shush!
- I hear 1000 ughs per day.

- Two times two equals…
- I said 1000 times!

- I repeat: Do you wish to take Mr Milton for your
lawful wedded husband?
- (irritated whispering) Are you asleep?
- (interior meditation) 1000 tons of boredom ouch! ….yes!
- Move over Madame!
- I’m in too much pain….
- It won’t last 1000 years will it?

- I love you Mummy. I love you 1000 … lives

- How much will you pay me?
- 1000
- It’s not much..
- I’ve got 1000 like you…

- You no longer love me.
- Amongst the 1000!

- 1000 deaths rather than this living hell
- …..officially declares the dissolution of this union…

- Ugh!
- I’ve dreamt of this day 1000 times: grandmother at last…

- “….A waltz in 1000 steps….”

- I’ve loved you since the moment I set eyes on you
- And me for the 1000 years I’ve been waiting for you

(1000 days pass by: happy days. A thousand an hour! A thousand light years.)

- Is something hurting you?
- I can control myself: you don’t die 1000 times
- De……..
There follows the silence of 1000 phonemes.