One Of Us

Note: this segment is spoken. The five of them describe each

other.

Jon: One of us was a U.S. Army MP.

Jimmy: One of us came out of the closet at thirty-seven.

Cliff: One of us went to his high school prom, but with his

boyfriend.

Aurelio: One of us was a high school cross-country champion.

Michael: And one of us WAS a high school cross-dresser, and it

WASN'T ME.

Jon: One of us coached high school wrestling.

Jimmy: As teenagers, two of us attempted suicide.

Cliff: All except one of us are single, and available!

Michael: And bitter... and desperate!

Jon: I only date pro-feminist men, so it kinda, you know,

narrows it down.

Michael: That's why you're so lonely!

Jon: I know!

Jimmy: One of us believes that size matters.

Jon: And four of them are LYING.

Aurelio: One of us ran away from home at the age of fourteen.

Cliff: Two of us have been repeatedly arrested for civil

disobedience.

Aurelio: One of us had a former girlfriend who died of AIDS as the

result of a blood transfusion.

Michael: One of us is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse.

Jon: One of us was fag-bashed with a two-by-four.

Jimmy: One of us has been living with AIDS for ten years.

Michael: And he's tired of it