HAMBONE

by Johann Phillipe Benkowicz

(An OLD MAN sits at a rickety wooden table, idly playing solitaire with a deck of worn cards. An old radio sits on the floor. Benny Goodman plays softly.

The OLD MAN places a final card on the table. The card makes a crisp, audible snap! as it lands. This startles the man. He looks toward the audience.)

OLD MAN (with consternation:)

Hambone...

(He dies. Blackout.)