
A dark cardboard boxy robot enters the stage walking to center, speaking in a playful voice lightly distorted with static. Shaking hands. It's easy, right? Just take a hand and start the shaking. Shaking. Waking. Scared of taking. Funny sounds. Worth celebrating. Celebrations! Sweet sensations. Oh-no. Wait! Expectations! Gifts for friends- Or else they'll end! Silence. Endings beginnings. Never winning. Never whining. Passing timing. Shaking. Quaking. Meaning making. Ticking clocks. Keep on rhyming. Ticking tocks. Timing timings. Another hour. Passing flowers. Chewing candy. Sweet and sour. ½ an hour. Now and laters. How old is she? Can I date her? [laughing statically] [continues] [continued] . . Questions. Questions. Apprehensions. Singing hymns of condescension. Breaking. Breaking. Re-re-Rehabilitating. Need some help? It's so frustrating. [Sighing] Potions. Potions. Flowing oceans. Medications. Calibrations. Keep cogs running. In their stations. Feeling- Feelings! Am I healing? Maybe-yes! Wait… Unsure... I think… I guess… Silence. Another hour. Silly flower. Oh-no. Wait! I lost pow-

