Showing posts with label Elegy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elegy. Show all posts

Monday 26 September 2022

MeMe

 

Rule #2 : 

Treat Yourself Like Someone 
You are Responsible for Helping.

Mister Six :
I've come a long 
way for You --

The Cosmic Hobo :
Naturally -- Don't expect any Thanks.




Angraecum sesquipedale. Beauty! 
God! Darwin wrote about this one. 
Charles Darwin? 
Evolution-guy? Hello
You see that nectary down there? 
Darwin hypothesised a moth 
with a nose 12 inches long 
to pollinate it. 
Everyone thought he was a loon. 

Then, sure enough, they found 
this moth with a 12-inch proboscis. 
"Proboscis" means nose, by the way. 

I know what it means. 

Hey, let's not get off The Subject. 
This isn't a pissing contest
The Point is, what's so wonderful is that 
all these flowers have specific relationship 
with the insect that pollinates it. 

There'scertain orchid looks exactly like a certain insect. 
So The Insect is drawn to This Flowerit's Double
its Soul-Mate, and wants nothing more 
than to make Love to it. 

After The Insect flies off, it spots another 
Soul-Mate Flower and makes love to it, 
pollinating it. 

And neither The Flower nor The Insect 
will ever understand The Significance 
of their lovemaking
How could they know that because of 
their little dance, The World lives
But it does. By simply doing what they're designed to do 
something large and magnificent happens. 

In this sense, They show Us 
How to Live. 
How the only barometer 
You have, is Your Heart. 
How when You spot Your Flower
You can't let anything 
get in Your Way. 



ANDREWS:
They may use The Furnace, 
but I want everyone in lockup by 22:00 hours.



We commit This Child and This Man 
to Your keeping, O Lord.
Their bodies have been taken from 
The Shadow of Our Night.



They have been released from all 
Darkness and Pain.

The Child, and The Man 
have gone beyond Our World.

They are 
Forever Eternal
and 
Everlasting

[Barking]

Ashes to Ashes
Dust to Dust




DILLON:
Why?

Why are The Innocent punished?

Rotweiler whimpers ] /
[ Ox Caucus Rumbles Deep and Heavily ]

Why The Sacrifice?
Why The Pain?

There aren't any Promises.
Nothing's Certain.
Only that some get Called;
some get Saved.

She won't ever know 
The Hardship and Grief for 
Those of Us, Left Behind.

We commit these bodies to The Void
with a Glad Heart --

[Growling]
 
For within each Seed, there is 
The Promise of A Flower.


And within each Death
no matter how small – 
There's always a new Life.
A New -- Beginning.

RAISES FIST ]

Amen.

PRISONERS : 
Amen.


St. Helena :
I just wanted to say 'Thanks.' 
for what you said at The Funeral.
My friends would have appreciated –

DILLON (jittery, and 
anxious as All-Fuck) :
Yeah, well, 
You Don't wanna 
Know Me, Lady –

I'm a Murderer, and 
Rapist of Women.


St. Helena :
.......Really.
Well, I guess I must 
make you nervous.

DILLON:
Do You Have any Faith, Sister?


St. Helena :
Not much.

 DILLON:
We've got a lot of Faith here.
Enough even for you.

St. Helena :
I thought Women weren't allowed.

 DILLON:
Well, We've never had any before – 
but We tolerate anybody...
Even The Intolerable.

St. Helena :
Thank You.

DILLON: 
That's just a Statement of Principle
Nothing Personal.

We've got a good
Place to Wait, here.
And until now... 
No Temptation.

*******

CLEMENS: 
Dillon and The Rest of the alternative people 
embraced religionas it were, 
about five years ago.
Take two.

St. Helena :
I'm on medication?


CLEMENS: 
Hardly.

St. Helena :
What kind of religion?


CLEMENS: 
Some sort of apocalyptic, 
millenarian Christian 
fundamentalist...


St. Helena :
Right.

CLEMENS:
Exactly. 
When The Company wanted to 
close The Facility, Dillon and the rest
of the converts wanted to stay.
With Two Minders and 
a medical officer.
And here we are.


St. Helena :
How did you get this 
wonderful assignment?

CLEMENS:
How do you like your new haircut?

St. Helena :
It's OK.


CLEMENS:
Now that I've gone out on a limb for you 
with Andrews, damaged my less-than-perfect 
relationship with him, and briefed you 
on the humdrum history of Fury-161 –
Can't you tell me what 
you were looking for?


St. Helena :
Are you attracted to me?

CLEMENS:
In what way?


St. Helena :
In that way.


CLEMENS:
You're very direct.


St. Helena :
I've been Out Here 
a long time.


Monday 13 January 2020

Elegy for Newt



ANDREWS:
They may use The Furnace, 
but I want everyone in lockup by 22:00 hours.



We commit This Child and This Man 
to Your keeping, O Lord.
Their bodies have been taken from 
The Shadow of Our Night.



They have been released from all 
Darkness and Pain.

The Child and The Man 
have gone beyond Our World.

They are 
Forever Eternal
and 
Everlasting

[Barking]

Ashes to Ashes
Dust to Dust




DILLON:
Why?

Why are The Innocent punished?

[ Rotweiler whimpers ] /
[ Ox Caucus Rumbles Deep and Heavily ]


Why The Sacrifice?
Why The Pain?

There aren't any Promises.
Nothing's Certain.
Only that some get Called.
Some get Saved.

She won't ever know 
The Hardship and Grief for 
Those of Us Left Behind.

We commit these bodies to 
The Void, with a Glad Heart.

[Growling]
 
For within each Seed there is 
The Promise of a Flower.



And within each Death, no matter how small – 
There's always a New Life
.
A New Beginning.

[ RAISES FIST ]

Amen.

PRISONERS : 
Amen.


St. Helena :
I just wanted to say thanks for what you said at the funeral.
My friends would have appreciated –

DILLON:
Yeah, well you don't wanna Know Me, Lady –
I'm a Murderer, and Rapist of Women.


St. Helena :
Really.
Well, I guess I must make you nervous.

DILLON:
Do you have any Faith, Sister?


St. Helena :
Not much.

 DILLON:
We've got a lot of Faith here.
Enough even for you.

St. Helena :
I thought women weren't allowed.

 DILLON:
We've never had any before – 
but we tolerate anybody...

Even The Intolerable.

St. Helena :
Thank you.

DILLON: 
That's just a Statement of Principle
Nothing Personal.

We've got A Good Place to Wait, Here.
And until now... 
No Temptation.

*******

CLEMENS: 
Dillon and the rest of the alternative people embraced religion, as it were, about five years ago.
Take two.

St. Helena :
I'm on medication?


CLEMENS: 
Hardly.

St. Helena :
What kind of religion?


CLEMENS: 
Some sort of apocalyptic, millenarian Christian fundamentalist...


St. Helena :
Right.




CLEMENS: 
Exactly.

When The Company wanted to close the facility Dillon and the rest
of the converts wanted to stay.
With two minders and a medical officer.
And here we are.


St. Helena :
How did you get this wonderful assignment?


How do you like your new haircut?


St. Helena :
It's OK.


CLEMENS:
Now that I've gone out on a limb for you with Andrews, damaged my less-than-perfect relationship with him, and briefed you on the humdrum history of Fury-161
Can't you tell me what you were looking for?


St. Helena :
Are you attracted to me?

In what way?


St. Helena :
In that way.


CLEMENS:
You're very direct.


St. Helena :
I've been Out Here a long time.