The Dreamers by Jack Davis

Author:Jack Davis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Currency Press
Published: 2014-09-29T00:00:00+00:00

SCENE NINE

A narrow beam of light reveals worru alone downstage.

worru: You have turned our land into a desolate place.

We stumble along with a half white mind.

Where are we?

What are we?

Not a recognised race.

There is a desert ahead and a desert behind.

The soft distant sound of children singing a tribal song is heard. The tribal family of Scene One walk slowly back across the escarpment against a night sky. They are in chains.

The tribes are all gone,

The boundaries are broken;

Once we had bread here,

You gave us stone.

We are tired of the benches,

Our beds in the park;

We welcome the sundown

That heralds the dark.

White lady methylate

Keep us warm and from crying,

Hold back the hate

And hasten the dying.

The tribes are all gone,

The spears are all broken;

Once we had bread here

You gave us stone.

The light on worru fades out. The singing becomes louder as the family disappears and the sky fades to black as the song finishes.

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