CAROL, mid 20’s +, is a counselor in an Eating Disorder Clinic. 

This monologue is part of the one-act play, The 7th Disorder which is set in an Eating Disorder clinic.  Carol is a guidance counselor with a few issues of her own.

CAROL:

I don’t have anything to say.  I’m not a patient here.  I’m normal.  What?  So, I’d like to lose a few pounds, that doesn’t mean I have a story. 

Okay, okay, fine. 

I believe in the “Great American Dream.”  Female version. 

If you could only lose those last five pounds, then somehow life would be perfect.  You’d suddenly become a new woman.  A woman pursued by Ken doll handsome, wealthy men who shower you with bouquets of flowers and expensive jewelry.  You’d be blond, five ten, wearing quasi-intellectual glasses, a man’s oxford shirt in a sunny New York flat, sipping coffee while finishing the Sunday crossword puzzle.  You’d drive a shiny red coupe and work in some great big city building where everyone’s impressed with your very feminine but authoritative self.  And in the evenings you’d go home and whip up a magical gourmet meal and eat three bites and be satisfied.  You’d be a superwoman goddess, yes, you would, will be. 

As soon as I lose those last five pounds.