DRAWING AND WRITING
IN ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO
Chapter 1
At a Women's Club Inside the Mountain
(A group of Women are meeting inside the mountain.
There are horse paintings on the walls.)
WOMEN:
What are we figuring out here together
on our chairs - with the horses looking down -
with some tea or something in our cups -
with a whole activity-play ahead of us;
a whole play on the mountain strong
that holds all of us together here inside?
Are we expecting anyone else?
Any other ladies?
But, yes!
(Knock, knock! sounds on the door)
TWO WIVES:
We have escaped from our husbands
and built a rocket of our own.
It landed nearby, near the top of this cone.
(the mountain hill)
We walked up and could have found our way down.
Are we invited?
WOMEN:
Of course.
But don’t you bring your husbands here!
Oh, no!
We are discussing things.
We have been planning for hours
about what to do.
And perhaps you could help us?
We can send you off.
With messages.
(The gigantic horse picture is looking down)
We are sending you off looking for
the right kind of man
who will do our bidding.
And betting.
Who will go down for us
where we can’t go,
like an intrepid beetle digging for the soil
and finding treasure there, down deep!
And then he’ll roll it back out
and give it to us here, central to all
the mountain-range hills.
We’re not leaving here. We’re coalescing,
grouping together, fortunate
and bold.
Emboldened.
Hear the great horse’s neigh!
He’ll clobber us if we leave.
The horse is very bold too!
Go out, Two Wives, and find the guy that
opens doors to the treasure caves -
a hapless personality at the entrance
to the Hospital (Doorboy).
He’ll go forth with you.
(Note: this Adventure is not included in this edition)
Or, perhaps, find the guy - a Prince -
who’s enfolded inside the mountain itself,
wishing he were to be let out.
Chapter 2
NARRATOR
Women’s Club secrets in the mountain cave large,
with a huge portrait of the gallant horse himself
staring out above them, looking down authoritatively
but approvingly, for now. Hee, haw!
They’re in deck chairs lounging, sort of,
but speaking softly and rather seriously about…
(Later)
The two wives, who have landed nearby in a rocket
and escaped from their husbands, knock above,
to be let down into the large super-cavern, lamp-lit.
The superior Ladies welcome them
and continue to discuss softly
the major issues -
the issues that are going on within the mountain
(which is theirs, privately, alone).
But the Two Wives are let in
and come on down into the large secret
clubhouse cavern.
Two wives joining all of them briefly,
before they set out with all the necessary supplies
to drag forth the necessary men.
Will they solve this play?
WOMEN,
speaking about the Two Wives who have just left:
They are the best,
the most intrepid at solving things, I think!
They have appeared here and been welcomed
and now are going to go out
to a wide world to solve things.
(There are three similar questions about the gigantic horse portrait)
Why is the horse the most masterful,
placed over us all?
Why is the horse masterpiece placed up high,
masterful over us all?
Why is the horse masterpiece making us
the most masterful over all!?
ANOTHER WOMAN OF THE CLUB
Good questioning, women!
We’ll all agree on that! Hear, hear!
The horse is our equilibrium, our master,
who much we admire
and dance by, with, toward and on.
(End of Chapter 2)
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