a programmed sequence of instructions repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied

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DAILY AFFIRMATION
A Play in One Act

Setting: a room with a bed

Cast of Characters:

NARRATOR, the voice of reason
CHORUS, a multitude (off stage)
WHISPER, sly, vicious (off stage)
SUBJECT, a lone figure, mute

ACT 1, SCENE 1

[NARRATOR stands alone holding a sheet of paper.]

NARRATOR[Reading from paper] The fine print. Item one: the other party is not responsible for your faulty inferences.
CHORUSGrow the fuck up.
WHISPERNo one wants to be your friend.
NARRATORItem two: any resultant hurt or obscure sense of betrayal is caused solely by your own misguided attempts to form unsolicited connection.
CHORUSThis is the way things are.
WHISPERGet used to it.
NARRATORItem three: your resentment and desire to inflict hurt in return are unwarranted, petty, and childish.

[Exit NARRATOR. Spot shines on bed where SUBJECT sits.]

CHORUSHere is the bed you made.
WHISPERNow lie in it.

[SUBJECT remains motionless for an unspecified period. Blackout.]

WHISPERLie in it, liar.
WHISPERLie.

(END SCENE)

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