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Still Life
Page 188
Highway
"The Sacrificial Summit"
Characters:
Cortez, conquistador turned motivational speaker.
Abraham, patriarch with a nervous twitch.
Dylan, cryptic oracle in polka dot pants.
Neil Young, dream-singer with a guitar that bleeds history.
Scene opens with Cortez polishing his sword while humming "Smooth Criminal."
Cortez: Gentlemen, I come bearing gifts; gold, smallpox, and unsolicited urban planning advice.
Abraham: I was told there'd be a ram in the thicket. Instead I get a guy who thinks genocide is a networking strategy.
Dylan, strumming a kazoo: God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son." Abe said, "You got the wrong one." Cortez said, "I'll kill a whole ton." Neil said, "I dreamed this in '71."
Neil Young, emerging from a fog of incense: I saw it all, man. The temples, the blood, the heartbreak. And then she left me for a guy who sells quinoa.