I’ve signed up for the 31 Plays in 31 Days project, committing myself to daily playwriting throughout the month of August. The project includes a five-day warmup of 256-(alpha-numeric)-character plays. Here’s today’s warmup play:

• WIFE: Look at this! Just LOOK.

• COP: We’ll need an inventory.

• W: Of stuff I might not remember. Great.

• C: I don’t make the rules.

• W: And why’d they have to make such a mess?

• C: Choosy, I guess.

W: Oh, and THIS necklace wasn’t good enough for them!