Scene 5

E and M. are by themselves.  They face opposite directions until the final verse when they face each other, then leave the stage.

E:  (Entering, gnawing on a bone ) M:  (Standing in a spotlight,

holding a candle )

Now the house is silent,

Save for the howling of the wind,

Oh Lord Poseidon, ruler of the waters

King of the waves and oceans wide:

And shreiking deep within my corpse –

Oh my salvation, thee will I honor

Great Master of the sea and tide.

The searching appetite of pain that's never quenched.

For the land is stripped, infertile, barren

Drought-stricken and diseased.

I, once proud am now laid waste, my kingdom dead;

For once on earth, our mother dies

Destroyed by my own uncontrollable desires.

I have but one resort: We have but one resort:

To gain our living from your realm

To sell my daughter as a slave

And feed upon her profits.

And bring your bounty into port.

Oh Mestra! This is not my heart's desire

To cast your love into my hungry fire.

For when I am well, I'll bring you home

And return to you the love you've known:

"I'll offer you a golden crown,

A silver fountain in the town.

A necklace made of sapphires:

Whate'er your heart desires."

(turns to M. ) (Turns to E. )
Oh Mestra! This is not my heart's desire
To cast your love into my hungry fire.

Oh Father!  It breaks my heart to see you

But if I must, then I shall go.

**And when I am well, I'll bring you home **And when you're well, I shall come home
**We'll share the love we've always known. **We'll share the love we've always known

They may bow and leave and the Narrator may announce the final intermission.