Aztec Daughter: One Act. 1M / 1W / 1E, Simple set. Sparse efficiency apt. Bed or a couch. Characters can be almost any age from the 20s-50s. If older that might add another layer. Who knew that an evening with the Aztec Daughter would change Skip’s life? In this play, I broach a few pet peeves: the ease clichés are used; how quickly assumptions are made about others; and how unwilling we are to truly being open and to take chances. Skip, a closet poet, asks attractive and mysterious Alicia out on a date to a movie. When they return to his apartment, Skip attempts to engage her in conversation, but they disagree on everything. When Alicia reveals she has a muse who guides her spiritually and artistically through her life, he doubts her, telling her she just isn’t the type to have such a mythical presence. This begins an uproarious exchange which catches Skip totally unprepared. Alicia challenges him with one penetrating question after another to which Skip weakly and unsuccessfully tries to respond. Alicia vacillates from charm and coquettishness to pointed and direct observations about him and his poetry. He is no match for her. It is only when Alicia has had enough of Skip’s lack of adventure and leaves his apartment that Skip understands what having a muse entails.