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A
Play
by Aalicia Tucker/Owen
Performance:
July, 2002
Community School South, East Palo Alto
Time:
Summer
Place: Shorday’s Desert: There’s
smoke, trees burning down in flame, cactuses, dirt,
dry grass, a blazing sun. There’s branches breaking,
wild animals chasing, running out of the desert. There’s
dirt, rocks, bugs, it tastes bitter from the flames.
At Rise: Pyramid is burning and arguing
with Green the Tree
(They are both talking over each other.)
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Are you
gonna do this or not? If you don’t do it I’m
gonna burn out.
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| Green: |
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No, I’m
not gonna do it. I don’t want to die yet. I have
100,000 more leaves to grow before I can die.
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| Pyramid:: |
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I
need you now, right now. You’re the only source I
have right now. If you help me I’ll be your best
friend forever. |
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| Green: |
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That’s
not possible- especially if I’m dead.
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| Pyramid:: |
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What happened
to the support you said you were gonna give me? I thought
you were my best friend, and sometimes that means sacrificing
yourself.
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| Green: |
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What
about my goals? |
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| Pyramid: |
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Who
cares about your goals? Mine’s the most important
right now. Yours can wait. |
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Wait until
when? My death? And then my leaves will burn off. Well,
I have an idea and I think it will work.
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| Pyramid: |
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I
don’t know about this, what is it? |
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There’s
some trees about 900 miles from here. Since I’m the
only one that’s capable of getting to them, I can
bring more trees back. |
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| Pyramid: |
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What
if you don’t come back? |
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| Pyramid: |
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Destroying
gives me power and encouragement to stay strong for myself.
It would eat me up to be weak. It feels good to destroy.
It makes me feel more powerful than others. If everyone
else is more powerful than me I feel like nothing. Power
is a strong force, like a strong sensation of being on
top of the world. Being above everybody, getting respect,
honor, it feels good. I guess it’s the anger in me
that has the desire to destroy things. If I can’t
destroy, it builds up and you can’t do that, you’ve
got to let it out or else you’ll explode on the wrong
person at the wrong time. They don’t deserve it.
If I can’t destroy things then I wouldn’t be
who I am. It’s something I was born to do. |
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On
one side I feel like I need to help you out, then the
other side of me doesn’t. I want to support you in
any way that doesn;t require my life. I can give you affection,
support, love, honesty. I feel like you’re t aking
advantage of me by asking for too much. I’m disappointed
and mad. There’s no trust no more cause I trusted
you with my heart and my soul. I trusted you to take care
of my heart and my soul, and you misused it. |
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| Pyramid: |
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I
felt like I was askin’ my best friend to help me
out, and if that was too much then, my bad. I asked politely,
butnow I’m gonna destroy you anyway and bring the
other trees. I think you are taking advantage of my kindness,
when I asked you to give me your life and you didn’t.
Now I feel like I’ve gotta do something about it. |
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| Green: |
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I
don't think you should kill me because you don't have
it in your heart. |
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| Pyramid: |
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How
would you know if I can or I can’t? But I really
can, to be honest. I choose not to because you’ve
been there for me through thick and thin, and I appreciate
your support. |
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| Green: |
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So
you’re just gonna burn out like that? What about
me? With you gone I won’t have anyone except for
those trees I don't care nothin’ about. So if you
sacrifice yourself, I’ll do the same, but we have
to do it at the same time. We’ll meet on the other
side. |
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| Pyramid: |
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Well
I’ll see you then. Love you and take care. Till we
meet again.
(Pyramid burns out). |
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The
End. |
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