We enter on some kind of class or workshop. A group of three (who don't know each other well) sits brainstorming the uses of a belt. We don’t realize of course that this is what they are doing. They take turns offering suggestions. One records. Doesn’t matter who says what.
Hang yourself.
Hang each other.
A leash.
Hold up your pants.
Fashion.
Foreplay.
Climbing.
Spanking.
Isn’t that like foreplay?
No, it could be punishment, too.
Oh, right.
Trip someone.
Split open coconuts.
Contain melons.
Calendar.
Count holes for weight loss.
Drag something.
Pull something.
Isn’t that the same.
Not really.
Sure, okay.
Tourniquet.
Whip.
Jump rope.
Climbing.
Did you say that already?
She said that, yeah.
INSTRUCTOR
TIME! How many did you get?
GROUP SPOKESPERSON
Forty-one.
INSTRUCTOR
Fantastic! Are they all different?
GROUP SPOKESPERSON
Some are kind of similar. Like pulling and dragging.
INSTRUCTOR
Are they though?
GROUP SPOKESPERSON
I guess you face different ways.
INSTRUCTOR
YOU FACE DIFFERENT WAYS. (Beat.) If a belt has forty-one possible lives, and it’s only a belt, what does that mean for you? Are you pulling or dragging?
GUY
I’m spanking.
INSTRUCTOR
What life will you choose for yourself?
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