After the sea we will see(2)

scene (1)

IF you are God, we would like to talk to you in private.
Manrato said to One social worker, who gave all her attention, she looked confused, unsure of the mental state of the young man who was just brought to her office, she sat closer to him, she says:

One Social worker: Oh, dear one, I am not God, you need to see a doctor, I will send you to a good doctor who is a friend of my Dad, he will help you.

Manrato: No, NO, none of us need a doctor, we are in good health, we are just tired, the journey was not easy, we are very tired, what we need is to see Him and then rest.

One Social worker: as you want, come with me.

[ Manrato follows and the others behind him one after the other.


scene (2) INTERVIEW (1)

She is sitting in a comfortable seat, a big table separating her from the chair where Sabto was sitting.

The Social worker: What is your real name ?

Sabto: my name is Sabto, we asked the guard to bring us to God, first they did not understand us, but wait a minute, you are not him, you have hair like women and you smell like them, they lied to us, please help us beautiful creature.

The Social worker: your name is Sabto, please listen to me, we all want to help you, we can not help you if we can not communicate, you have to help yourself first, we have to know where did you come from and what you need.

Sabto: Our home land is call Africa, we all came from there ?

The Social worker: Do you know the name of your country ?

Sabto: We call it Africa, I do not know any other name.

The Social worker: And how did you arrive here ? Who helped you?

Sabto: I do not understand this game, you know everything and you still ask us, do not you know our story ? You know everything, do not you remember ?

The Social worker: Remember!! Remember what ?

Sabto: One of you told us to throw our bodies in the water, we did so and now all of you pretend as nothing happened at all, you know me very well, me I do not know you, but you, you know me, you know all of us and you know our stories better than we do .

The Social worker: relax.

Sabto: I am relaxed.

The Social worker: Do you want a glass of water?

Sabto: if you do not mind I would like to have ten glasses of your holy water.

[light turned of while we hear Sabto drinking a lot of water]

scene(3) Babylon and Lucifer

through the lines she said to him:

Babylon: oh dear you have to see it yourself, the birds are weak they can not make it themselves, they do not understand the exile, their home land changed a lot and they did change also, they sing love songs in a different land, even their wailing is strange, oh dear I think you have to help them you have to save these lost souls, they are yours, go for them and come back you will have me.

He said to her through the lines:

Lucifer: oh piece from heaven, they had no option, the last and the lost Africans are lost for ever, after them Africa will never be the same, they have to open way to progress to the train, from the sea to the desert, from there to the jungle and finally there we are again in the ocean water, piece of heaven when I remember it, do you remember how good I shake ? Babylon right now I feel it, yes I do, I am shaking .

Babylon: stop it, stop it, wicked one, you are driving me crazy, hold the air in front of me, move your neck, and close your eyes, let them sleep now .

[she is sleeping, he is sleeping, we are sleeping and the light is turned off]


scene(4) The story of the village

Since she was born, the life in the village changed, first and last child, first she lost her mother then the father after that, she grow up among the people of the village, the homes became her home and the people her family. Same time, same place three others children passed through the same; Sabto, Nabto and Manrato had the same destiny as Sunshine.

The wise man told the villager: dig your graves and get ready, the beast is around at any time, our sweet and peaceful Africa is running through our fingers, we are loosing our future, Africa is dying, the cancer has found his final station between us, we are dying too, all of us will vanish very soon, very soon there will be no track for us in this lovely earth, let us give thanks for been part of this wonderful and magical creation.

[The villagers give thanks ]

The wise man carries on: Except !!! The last and the lost African, they will carry all of us with them where ever they go and when they meet him they will demand what we want all, we want our home land back, we want it back, Africa, Africa and Africa, the same piece of land.

[Light turned off]