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3. Flashcards

1
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(Top of scene)

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The pursuit of the ephemeral.
There is joy in it. To be sure.
Your fingers close around the thing,
it eludes you,
you desire more,
more eludes you,
frustration and ecstasy are nearly the same sensation.
Whole religions are based on this.
Also, it appears, relationships.
(Closes eyes)
“God.”
“Hello God.”
This is called prayer.
I talk, and you are silent.
Whole relationships are based on this as well.

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MOOR-HEN

Ahhhh!

A

You!

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MOOR-HEN

I hate this!

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God!

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MOOR-HEN

Flying! It’s the worst!
…Sorry?

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It’s you!

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MOOR-HEN

Do we know each other?

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(Double-takes) You look like a moor-hen.

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MOOR-HEN

I am a moor-hen.

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Are you God, and also a moor-hen?

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MOOR-HEN

This is a very circuitious line of questioning.

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I’m confused.

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MOOR-HEN

I am a moor-hen (…) What are you asking me?

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Are you God or are you a moor-hen?

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MOOR-HEN

What is…“God?”

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Or did God send you?

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MOOR-HEN

Nobody sends me. I make my own decisions.
(Beat. They take each other in. Cautiously.)
This…“God.” It lives in the sky?

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Did you see Him on your way down?

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MOOR-HEN

Is it a very large bird?

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I don’t think so.

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MOOR-HEN

But you saw it fly over?

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No, He lives there. The father of my house knew Him intimately.

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MOOR-HEN

(Baffled.) Were you going to eat “God”?

A

No! No. I just wanted to talk.

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MOOR-HEN

I don’t understand you at all.
(She turns to go.)

A

Wait!

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MOOR-HEN

What is it?

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What do you think of happiness?

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16
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MOOR-HEN

Of what-now?

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Happiness?

17
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MOOR-HEN

I don’t know what that is.

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It’s this feeling like a clench, like a fist, like right where your heart is but further underneath. It hurts and then it’s gone, and then you want it again.

18
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MOOR-HEN

So…indigestion.

A

I don’t think…

19
Q

MOOR-HEN

Or hunger.

A

Not exactly…

20
Q

MOOR-HEN

Like in the winters (…) And it goes away.

A

No.

21
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MOOR-HEN

Oh.
Then…no.
(Turns to go.)

A

Wait!

22
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MOOR-HEN

Wait what!

A

I just want to talk to you.

23
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MOOR-HEN

You’re very large. You look very large. You look like perhaps something that might eat me.

A

I don’t intend to.

24
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MOOR-HEN

But you admit you are very large?

A

I guess so.

25
Q

MOOR-HEN

Well, there you go.
(She turns to go.)

A

I’m very lonely.

26
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MOOR-HEN

You’re…what-now?

A

Lonely. It’s that thing - that clench - that fist in your stomach except this time it doesn’t go away, and you don’t want it.

27
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MOOR-HEN

You’re hungry. And I’m small. And I think I should go now.
(She leaves.)

A

Well.
That didn’t go very well.
The moors swallow all the sound.
We don’t even hear our own intentions, after a time.
We’re just filled with the sound
of things getting lost.

(End of scene.)

The Moors (8 decks)

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