waiting for 501
absolutely brilliant piece by dylan reid from the spacing wire.
Waiting for 501
Posted by Dylan Reid
An unauthorized sequel to Waiting for Godot. With apologies to Samuel Beckett.
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Evening. Queen Street, north side. A pole holding a transit stop symbol.
Two rather shabby-looking men are waiting.
Vladimir walks out into the middle of the street and stares intently eastwards.
ESTRAGON: What do you see?
VLADIMIR: I see nothing. It is not coming.
Vladimir returns to the curb.
E: What is not coming?
V: The 501. We are waiting for the 501. Do you not remember?
E: Ah, yes, the 501. Why are we waiting for the 501?
V: To take us to our destination.
E: But there is no sign of it yet?
V: Perhaps it got held up.
E: Yes, maybe something is blocking its path.
V: An accident?
E: A fire?
V: A mechanical failure?
E: A fire?
V: A power outage?
E: A fire?
V: Who knows?
E: Wouldn’t they tell us, if it was held up?
V: No, they would not tell us.
E: Couldn’t they send a messenger to warn us that the 501 is not coming?
V: They never do that. They would just leave us to wait.
E: So we must wait.
V: Yes, we wait.
They wait.
OMG so awesome!!
I had this experience all too often on the College car, actually…
There’s nothing like the experience of counting the cars that go by in the *other* direction with no car for you. I got to 8 once…. EIGHT.
Sarah
03/12/2008 at 11:03 am