Glass of Blue
In the dramatic monologue Glass of Blue, Philly talks to his best friend about how he secretly visits the woman he can’t seem to stop loving.
PHILLY: I like lookin’ at her…not…not in a crazy way. I like seeing her do her own thing, with no one watching. I mean, I know I’m watching, but without her knowing that anyone’s watching, ’cause it’s nice to see her in her natural state. Does that make sense?
She seems happy, and seeing her happy makes me happy. She was—there’s like a—her face is different; can’t explain it; it’s softer than when she was with me. I can’t figure out the change in her face. She’s more beautiful than she ever was, ya know?
And she, she dances by herself in the morning. She makes coffee now; she never wanted to make coffee before. When she waits for it to brew, she puts on the radio, and she’s smiling; she was never a morning person…but now she is. She was always grumpy with me. She’d spew hateful things on those mornings with me, but now, it’s all bliss.
It’s like looking at someone new. I don’t even understand how it’s the same person, so it keeps bringing me back. I’m trying to make sense of it, and it’s driving me wild.
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In the one-act eplay Glass of Blue, Nella calls out Philly for his strange behavior after he’s caught spying on his ex-girlfriend Helena. 1 Woman, 1 Man. Drama.
