end of days

SCENE 1: End of a hot day, at the end of a yucky emotional week. Mr You and flossy-p pull on their swimmers, grab their towels, pull the gate closed behind them and walk off in the direction of the beach, eager to cool down, cleanse and cast off.

SCENE 2: Mr You and flossy-p ambling down the street together, cars rolling into driveways delivering workers home, cicadas squealing in tree's as they walk by chatting about their day...

[MR YOU] - "I was eating a handful of almonds today, one, two, three, (re-inacts nibbling the almonds from his palm), four...four...four! I had the fourth one in my teeth but I couldn't pick it up... It was my ring! I thought my wedding ring was an almond and I was trying to eat it! (flossy-p giggles, cheering up immediately) I'm still not used to having something stuck to my hand."

SCENE 3: Singlefile they walk through the little bush track and come out into the clearing by the lagoon. Kangaroo's congregate, pouches bulging with joeys, little heads, feet and tail tips simultaneously poking out the furry openings. Some pouches stretched so far they nearly touch the ground. Mr You points at the too big joeys and laughs...

[MR YOU] - "Hey, what are you doing? You're too big, it's time to move out."

SCENE 4: Serenity Beach is their favourite. Calmer than the others. They are quite often the only people there, today there is only one other family. The water is calm, the waves are occasional, lolling in slowly in sets of three, then disappearing back into a smooth rolling calm. The water is clear, they can see their own shadows cast on the sandy ocean floor beneath them.

They float and play in the water, stretching their weary bodies, relaxing into the rhythm of the sea, reminiscing and re-inacting their favourite childhood wave games. flossy-p swims over to Mr You...

[MR YOU] - "Hi, what's this?"
[flossy-p] - "I'm coming in for a sea cuddle."
[MR YOU] - ""Sea cuddle"!!??? Pfff. It's not a sea cuddle, it's an "aqua hug!""
(flossy-p giggles, cheering up immediately)

END.