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iii. stones

(phone ring.)

sadie (as sister)
hey beckett, it’s your sister
um, i don’t…i just got a call from ireland. it’s gran and gramps. they—they died
this f+cking thing
give me a call…

beckett
gran and gramps?
f+ck

i had lost touch with my grandparents
they were this mad old hermit couple that lived in ireland
county cork

(grandfather appears, drinking brandy and humming.)

gramps had been a stonemason
their backyard was this insane rock sanctuary
giant boulders and cairns set up in arcane formations
sacred geometry

grandfather
listen to the stone
lay your hands upon the stone
for the stone stands watch for a thousand thousand years
listen to the stone
see the sparkle on the stone
for the stone will never die

beckett
in the center he had built a clochán
one of those beehive+shaped stone huts
that celtic monks and old lukę skywalker lived in

i visited them once on a backpacking trip, after my dad died
gramps and i spent a whole night in the hut
sucking down plum brandy
singing old irish ditties
while we grieved

beckett & grandfather
listen to the stone
lay your hands upon the stone
for the stone stands watch for a thousand thousand years

listen to the stone
see the sparkle on the stone
for the stone will never die

shelob
how sweetly he used to hum
your grandfather’s brandy recitals
are legendary amongst us spiders
beckett
i suppose i should also mention here
that my new local liquor store
had the exact brand of plum brandy my gramps used to drink;
and they delivered
eight bottles in a case
it became a nightly ritual

shelob
yes beckett
enjoy yourself
you deserve it

(grandmother appears beside grandfather.)

beckett
gran had been mystical too—
her thing was crystals
quartz, amethyst, malachite, tiger’s eye
tuning her spirit to their energies

a couple weeks after they passed
i got a package;
gran’s pendulum

a piece of deep blue lapis lazuli
strung on a silver chain
swinging back and forth
and round and round
beckett & shelob
swinging back and forth
and round and round

beckett
gran and gramps had gone deep mystic after their son died
looking for answers in the stones

shelob
i never knew my parents
my mother was ungoliant, the gloomweaver
she used to gorge herself on the light of the world
morgoth himself feared her

the crystal suits you beckett
maybe you should pierce an ear
go full on midlife crisis

beckett
yeah, maybe

shelob
what happened between you and this “jackie”?
did you let her see the darkness within?

beckett
little bit
i guess i was afraid she’d see more

(phone ring.)

sadie (as jacqueline)
beckett? it’s jacqueline
your sister told me about your grandparents, i’m so sorry
anyway, just checking in, are you okay?

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