by Joe White
'You told me you loved me, once. You said you carried me. You remember that? You still carry me? Or did you drop me, somewhere along the line?'
A chance encounter at an AA meeting and it's like a switch is thrown: they're drawn to one another, into a crazy passionate bond. Then later, once they're drinking again, they both have this almost-feeling that they might have met before – could even have been together, sometime in the past…
Obviously that's impossible, so they must be thinking of somebody else. They should really get sober together and figure it out: that would be a worthwhile project. Maybe they will - just after one last quick drink…
Joe White's play Blackout Songs is premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in November 2022.
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