Spoon river antology

Larell: / I didn’t hear anything. /

Temi: No, there’s more, I just don’t know it yet.

Larell: But we can’t explore a poem we don’t know.

Akshay: I heard the line, and picked this up (looks at it), and the whole thing just came to me.

Akshay: (Still searching on his phone) Something about what we were saying, nature and us as the seeds… Ah, I don’t think it's on Spotify, maybe this one’s good? (Plays something, it’s not)

Akshay: Beginnings and endings.

Trudy: I like the lyric about building his love a bower /

There is silence this time. They’re trying to understand what’s happening.

Larell: Because there wasn’t an answer in humanity.

Sullivan: See? There. (Points to the audience) Doesn’t that sound like it could be something on one of their pieces of paper?

Trudy: What's the cupid shuffle?

Sullivan: All of the poems we’ve heard, the voices, it feels like a tree. /

Asher: AJ, there's a lot of paintings out there, you've gotta be more specific.

He bends over and starts to tape the corners. Others help. Then, he grabs one of the posters and hangs it on the back (6 o’clock) wall. The other parts are hung. Then they step back.

Akshay: They, like us, are all enjoying the unity in their community.

AJ: And I guess now the painting helped too, didn’t it?

Ismael: I loved how they talked about the stars.

Asher: But it still ends with “begin.”

Temi: (Loud and frustrated) I said, just give me a minute.

Temi: I just need more / time.

Calvin: What do you mean, kinda?

Ismael: (Remembering and understanding) “a good machine that life had never used.”