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A Short Play

January 31, 2017 by Jane

Scene: A Bank of America ATM in Berkeley, CA, 1997. I have traveled through time to talk to my past self.

Past Me: (withdraws a $10 bill from ATM, because that used to be possible)
Future Me: One day, decades from now, you will shed real tears over the man pictured on that ten, while listening to a song about the duel he lost.
Past Me: What? Who? (looks at money) Who is that?
Future Me: Sigh. It’s Alexander Hamilton.
Past Me: Who? Oh, right! “Aaron Burr!” From that milk ad.
Future Me: Right. So, that guy in the “Got Milk?” commercial?
Past Me: What about him?
Future Me: That’s you in 20 years.
Past Me: …

Fin

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