Just Piso Stories
A dark stage. The NARRATOR's voice, kind and grandfatherly, comes over the speakers.
NARRATOR: Listen, little ones, and I will tell you a story of when the world was new. Once upon a time, when the world was new, before leopard got his spots, when rhino's skin was still smooth, and monkeys testicles were the size of boulders, man and woman lived together by a river of sunshine in a small hut made of porcupine quills.
Lights up on a man in a cave-man suit.
MAN: I am man.
Lights up on a woman in a cave-man skirt.
WOMAN: And I am woman.
Lights up on a guy in a monkey suit with a huge black sack.
MONKEY: And I am monkey whose testicles are the size of boulders.
NARRATOR: And life was good. Man would hunt for food and gather porcupine quills for his hut. Woman would cook the food, and clean the hut, and do man's laundry, and keep her opinions to herself. And everyone was happy.
MONKEY: Except monkey. Look at the size of these things.
NARRATOR: And perhaps, my little ones, life would have continued this way forever. Except that one day man found his penis.
MAN: (looking under his loin cloth) Hey, monkey, you must help me. A short snake is hiding between my legs.
MONKEY: Damnit, man, that is not a snake. That is your penis.
MAN: Penis? Surely you are joking, monkey, for it is a blind snake I have found.
MONKEY: Man, you are very stupid. That is a penis.
MAN: Where did it come from?
MONKEY: You have always had your penis, man. Just as dog has always had his penis, and lion has had his, and horse his…
MAN: You mean that thing between horses legs is his penis? For surely I thought it was a drinking fountain.
MONKEY: And that is why horse is your friend, man. You really are very stupid, man. I am much smarter than you. As soon as I figure out what to do with these enormous testicles it is certain that I will be the one to build houses and make fires and rule the world.
MAN: (fondling himself) I am sorry, monkey, I was not listening to you. I was playing with penis. It is great fun to touch. To hell with you, monkey. Penis is my new best friend.
NARRATOR: Man had never been so happy. All that day, and the next day too, he played with his penis. He did not hunt. He did not gather porcupine quills for his hut. He just sat around with penis - talking to him and giving him baths and savagely beating him with both hands - which it turned out was what penis liked best. But at the end of the third day - when there was still no food to cook - woman came looking for man.
WOMAN: Man, I am so glad I found you. You know I do not like to voice my opinions, but I am worried we will starve if you do not find us food.
MAN: (lifting his loin cloth) Ah, woman. I am so glad to see you. Look what I found.
WOMAN: Oh no.
MAN: Do not worry, woman. It is not a snake. It is penis.
NARRATOR: But woman knew it was penis - for although man was very stupid, woman was very smart, and she knew that penis was nothing but trouble for the both of them.
WOMAN: Man, you should not touch penis.
MAN: Why?
WOMAN: Look. It makes him angry. That is why he grows so big.
MAN: No, woman. Penis is not angry. Monkey is angry.
MONKEY: God damn right. What am I supposed to do with these?
MAN: (to monkey) Perhaps you could hang them from the treetops and make a tent.
MONKEY: (sarcastic) Oh, yes. "Come and relax in the shade of my enormous scrotum". My god. (to woman) What are you doing with this idiot?
WOMAN: (to man) If you keep touching penis you will become as blind as he is.
MAN: (scared) Really?
MONKEY: No. That's just superstition.
WOMAN: Come on, monkey. Help me out, here. (man stops fondling himself and stares at woman) Ah, you've stopped. Good.
MAN: Come wife, let us go home.
NARRATOR: For in truth, little ones, man had not forgotten about penis. No, once man learned of penis he would never again think of anything else. Man wanted woman to go home with him so that…
MAN: Lift up your skirt.
WOMAN: Why?
MAN: I do not know. I am just doing what penis tells me to.
WOMAN: Very well, but you may not like what you see. (she lifts her skirt)
MAN: It is true. I do not like the look of it. It is good that penis is blind. Still, I will do as he says. Forgive me, wife. For this may hurt a little.
Man climbs on top of her. An Erica Capers voice shouts from under woman's skirt.
VAGINA: Hey! Who the fuck are you!
MAN: (scared) Ah! What is that?
WOMAN: That is vagina.
NARRATOR: Yes, little ones, when the world was new Vagina had lips and a tongue and could speak as clearly as you and I.
VAGINA: Don't be bringing that shit down here. I'll be damned if I'm gonna let some short, blind snake crawl around in me. Hell no.
MAN: Woman, tell your vagina to be quiet.
WOMAN: I cannot. She does as she pleases.
MAN: Then she will have to make due, for penis is convinced that is the place for him.
VAGINA: Oh, no, no, no. Think again buster. Hey, man! You listening? Hey, man! Your snake is the shortest snake I've ever seen. Even rabbit's snake is bigger than yours. And at least rabbit's snake is strong. Yours is weak. He will not last a minute in here.
Man frowns and crawls off.
NARRATOR: And so it was that man learned of performance anxiety.
MAN: I cannot do this, woman. Penis is sad.
WOMAN: Good. Now you can go hunt for food.
NARRATOR: Man left the hut. But he did not hunt for food. Instead, he went to find his friend snirk. Snirk lived in the river and he looked something like a bug, and something like a fish, and he had large teeth. There were lots of fucked up animals around when the world was new.
MAN: (talking to the ground) Snirk, can you hear me?
SNIRK: (unseen voice) No.
NARRATOR: Which means "yes" in snirk for they always said the opposite of what they meant. Which was another fucked up thing about them.
MAN: Snirk, I am your friend. Will you do me a favor?
SNIRK: No.
MAN: Oh, OK. Then I am sorry to bother you. No, wait. You always say the opposite, don't you? So you meant yes, didn't you?
MONKEY: Oh, this guy is retarded!
MAN: Here is what I want you to do. (he bends over and whispers)
NARRATOR: And snirk agreed. So later that night, while woman was sleeping, man and snirk crept into her bedroom and lifted up her skirt.
VAGINA: (waking up) Hey. Hey. Is it morning already? Oh. It's you. Mr. Shrimpy. Rabbit was looking for you. He said he wanted his small snake back. Ha!
MAN: That's enough out of you. OK, snirk. Do you remember the plan?
SNIRK: No.
MAN: Then we'll go over it again.
MONKEY: Hey, man! It's the opposite, you stupid sack of shit. God, my testicles are huge!
MAN: (to snirk) Very well. In you go.
VAGINA: Hey, get that crazy fucked-up animal out of here. That's right, snirk. Turn your funky ass around and go back to the river. Hey! Stop that. Don't you gnash your teeth at me. Hey. Stop. Help! Help. He's eating my…
Woman wakes up.
WOMAN: Oh, man. I feel very bad. I feel like something is eating away at my insides.
MAN: Do not worry, woman. It is only cramps.
NARRATOR: And so it was that snirk ate vagina's tongue so vagina would be quiet and man and woman could do the nasty in peace. But every month or so, vagina's tongue grows back and snirk must eat it - which is why women feel cramped and bloated and irritable. And why you never see any snirks anymore. And man is still taking orders from penis. And penis is still very sensitive to insults.
MONKEY: What about me. Do I still have these giant testicles?
NARRATOR: No.
MONKEY: Well, what happened to them?
NARRATOR: That, my little ones, is another story.




