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often does at the end of a Greek tragedy) to offer, once more, not a curse, but
the benign and inclusive vision he first voiced in the star scene.
EPILOGUE
(The air is pea green, heavy, and dense; a few coughs are heard. Slowly, a
yellow light comes up, as if a piercing sun-light is struggling to cut through the
fetid atmosphere, bringing with it greater heat. John, Annie, Rebecca, sit
together on the hilltop. Behind them is Uncle’s wind turbine, but the blades are
not moving. Deathly still.)
REBECCA: Pass the water.
JOHN: There is no more water.
REBECCA: Uncle dug us a well.
ANNIE: The turbine’s stopped working.
JOHN: There is no more wind.
REBECCA: It’s so hot.
JOHN: The ocean water seeped in.
(silence)
ANNIE: The salinity of the ocean water is very great.
(silence)
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