Jack and Jill Plays - Part 44 - Dusty

another short play.  All right reserved-- don't produce or reproduce without my permission.



Dusty

by Adam Szymkowicz



(JACK and JILL facing each other, not quite seeing each other)



JACK

The wind kicks up and I can barely see through the dust.  I know she's there, but the dust.  The dust!



JILL

There's a buried city in my head.  So many stories, memories, worries, wishes, hopes, anger, disappointment, joy, loss, so much drama all enacting but one click and it's all over.



JACK

I'm a cowboy and I pull up my kerchief over my nose and I put on the goggles so I can see.  She's there.  I know she's there.  One day the dust will settle and I'll find her again.  I just have to keep going.



JILL

Jack?



JACK

Jill, I hear you.  Where are you?



JILL

Somewhere you can't follow.



JACK

Jill!



JILL

Jack! ... Jack!



JACK

Jill!



JILL

nn.



JACK

But she's gone.



JILL

One click and it's over.  The electric impulses die.  Life was... whatever life was.  It continues for others.  But for me.



JACK

The dust and the dust and the dust and the dust.



JILL

And then the rain.



JACK

But nothing gets washed away.



JILL

You'll remember me, won't you?



JACK

I still have teeth marks on my arm.



JILL

Remember me.



JACK

I'll try.



JILL

And then the wind blows once more and I'm gone.





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