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Not a good night for sleep. Obviously. I'm posting this at 3:20 in the morning. I tried to get to sleep, I really did. My upstairs neighbors threw a party tonight, the darlings. 2am and they really started to get wound up. I'm not anti-party, I've been known to throw a few myself, but c'mon! This is an apartment complex, after all. Anyway, I've been toying with this piece, so here it is. I've been cleaning it up for a little while and now I'll try to get back to sleep and be up early enough to run before the heat gets the best of Saturday.


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Scene rolls over rolling wheat around a silo
down typical small town Main,
past the bank and the grocer
before following the U-haul
slowly,
slowly,
winding through quiet streets.
Fix on brake lights.
Short pause in front of a bolted storefront
-then
finding speed and exiting to the South.

Hour upon hour of silence.
she reels in the new setting.

Character Development:
PersonalityNatureChoiceAccidentReputation.
Sketch.
Dare to catch one.

Dialogue starts with unscripted whispers.
Mumbles, moans.
As notes swing through,
and mix with thoughts to words to music
to (at times) the sweetest aria,
best comfort is sought - still -
in waiting for some unknown cue.

M. Scofield 9/12/2009