A sketch by Jean-Pierre Martinez
One – See those two pigeons on the branch?
Two – Yes.
One – Do you think they’re a couple?
Two – Maybe.
One – I don’t know if they have their nest around here or if they’re just passing through.
Two – I don’t know.
One – In a few seconds they’ll take off and we’ll never see them again.
Two – Yeah…
One – We’ll never know where they went, or why.
Pause.
Two – At the same time, we don’t really care, do we?
One – Did you see? It looks like they’re looking at us…
Two – Yes.
One – Do you think they’re asking themselves the same question?
Two – What question?
One – When are we going to take off from here, and why?
Two – I don’t know… (Pause.) Right, let’s take off…
One – OK. Where to?
Two – I don’t know…
Blackout.
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A sketch from the collection Of Animals and Men
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