A exhausted, resentful, vulnerable MIKE's monologue from "The Lisbon Traviata" by Terrence McNally. Genre: drama.
I’m tired. Stephen. I’m tired of saying I’m sorry all the time. I’m tired of tiptoeing through my life because it might interfere with yours. I’m tired of being told what opera to like, what book to read, what movies to go to, I’m tired of being your father, mother, big brother, best friend, your an
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