THE PORTRAIT OF THE VIRGIN MARY FEEDING THE DINOSAURS BY JEFF
GOODE IS COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL, AND MAY NOT BE PERFORMED,
DOWNLOADED, OR RE-TRANSMITTED WITHOUT THE AUTHOR'S CONSENT.
(blackout)
A VOICE IN THE DARKNESS
I am.
Therefore...
I think.
(lights slowly up on Rex, his lips do not move, but the voice is his, his
thoughts)
Therefore... I am.
(lights are up)
REX's VOICE
I was standing in the desert.
Someone was walking toward me.
I did not know his name. But he seemed eager to see me.
Stranger, I said, do you know me?
REX's VOICE
(same voice, but coming from a different
amplifier)
I know you, he said, you are the brother-slayer, the One who Kills.
REX's VOICE
And I asked him, how do you know this to be true?
REX's VOICE
It is true, he said, because I believe it.
REX's VOICE
Am I a figment of your imagination?
STRANGER's VOICE
(second voice is different now, perhaps
Leveaux's)
You are a figment of scientific fact.
REX's VOICE
Have you seen me kill? Have you seen blood on my teeth?
STRANGER's VOICE
I have seen your teeth. And they are good for only one thing. You are good for only one thing.
REX's VOICE
Am I good then?
STRANGER's VOICE
You are murder. You are evil.
REX's VOICE
That is not my intent.
STRANGER's VOICE
You cannot escape your biology.
(pause, Rex contemplates this)
REX's VOICE
I think.
...Therefore... I can.
(music swells, blackout)