Photo by Nicholas Githiri from Pexels There ain’t no sin and there ain’t no virtue. There’s just stuff people do. – The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck (1939) The following spring (in the 2020’s). MOLLY DEE is alone, doing some simple gardening outside her micro house, next to a woods on the grounds of a convent. GRIFF enters, […]
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Photo by Rachel Claire from Pexels When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me…Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. Let it Be, the Beatles (1970) Late summer, 2020’s. In the far corner of a yard outside a convent JAKE (wearing a straw hat) and RATTLER (with a limp – a young dog
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Photo by Ivan Babydov from Pexels Rumble thy bellyful! Spit, fire! spout rain! …I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness …You owe me no subscription: then let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave. －King Lear Summer in the 2020’s. In a yard some distance outside a convent three homeless men and one homeless woman:
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Photo by MART PRODUCTION from Pexels Summer. Under an expressway overpass three homeless men – JAKE (wearing a straw hat), JOE YA-KNOW (with a singer’s deep voice), and RATTLER (with a limp) – are busy laying out their plans and design for constructing a shed. Two-by-fours, sheets of plywood, corrugated roofing panels, and other materials are resting on
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Photo by Ryutaro Tsukata from Pexels AT THE RISE The uncorking of a dozen or so of the world’s finest red wines and champagnes. Both seen and heard. Interspersed among an elegant array of meat and fish, spread along a buffet table covered by luxurious linens running the width of the stage (entirely under a white satin canopy).
