Thursday, June 7, 2007

Croptop Rewards

(The stage goes black. A door opens in the rear. The light from beyond the door can be seen and nothing else on stage. The stage is dark and empty. The feeling of emptiness is felt as the light continues to peer into the space. Two coffins are wheeled into the space from through the open door and the light is blocked as they are dragged onto stage. It is an effort to pull them onto stage and the two characters who carry them are exhausted from it.They bring them onto stage without words and set them standing up. The door is left open as the two characters stand within the space watching the coffins. They go to stage right and sit down, they start picking at their hands and playing in the dirt, oblivious of the coffins. The tone of the cell phone is heard more clearly now. The tops of the coffins flap open and only the heads of the dead are in view. They are two girl twins who are badly decayed. They listen to the phone ring till they cant stand it any longer. Neather of them can move from the boxes)
K: aren’t you going to answer that?
C: what?
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oh that? Pine trees only grow in one region
K: rather or isn’t it funny (laughs) isn’t it
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K: aren’t you going to?
C: what? Take a drive (Laughs) I was thinking about it? beat
But its too late for that sort-
K: what sort of thing are you talking about? 1, 2, 3, 4 5 6 7 8 9 millimeters
I think we are 9 millimeters from home
C: aren’t you going to answer that? What? Whats that?
K: this is the new stuff (Laughs) abliveous as always
C: rather
K: you don’t know a hole from your own arsehole
C: I cant even see my own-
K: been years
C: months
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Weeks maybe even days
K: clothing stores closed now
C: don’t worry there will be dancing later
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Are you going to answer?
K: rather I thought this wasn’t the kind of place
C: anyplace
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Where happen we be?
K: Target greatland I think
C: oh, that’s so wonderful
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Think of the possibilities
K: I can taste them already
Can you?
C: I-
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Do you hear something
K: nothing
C: a phone rigning?
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