[CHORUS (Dave & Brent)] HOW DID ROSE LOSE HER CAMERA?
[GELSEY (Pearl)] SHE THREW IT TO THE GROUND DISGUSTED BY WHAT SHE HAD DONE
[CHORUS] WHAT HAD SHE DONE?
[GELSEY] SHE HAD TAKEN A PHOTOGRAPH OF SOMETHING INAPPROPRIATE OR RATHER, A PHOTOGRAPH AT AN INAPPROPRIATE TIME OR RATHER, A PHOTOGRAPH INSTEAD OF BEING A HERO
[CHORUS] WHAT WAS THE PHOTOGRAPH OF?
[GELSEY] A GHOST OR RATHER A GHOST
[CHORUS] DOES THE GHOST HAUNT HER?
[GELSEY] SHE SEES HER EYES WHEN SHE CLOSES HER EYES HER EYES LOOKING BACK AT HER HER EYES UNDERNEATH HER EYELIDS SHE IS ALWAYS SCREAMING
[GELSEY & BRITTAIN] SCREAMING
[CHORUS] HAS ANYONE ELSE EVER SCREAMED?
[GELSEY] HER DAUGHTER HER SISTER HER MOTHER HER LOVER ROSE
[ALL] ROSE
[CHORUS] DOES ROSE BELIEVE IN GHOSTS?
[GELSEY] ROSE BELIEVES IN THE RESTORATIVE PROPERTIES OF THE OCEAN IN THE IMPORTANCE OF SHARING MEALS AND NEVER DRINKING COFFEE ON THE GO SHE BELIEVES IN THE STANDARD MODEL OF LOVE IN WHICH THE TWO LOVERS ARE BONDED INTO SOMETHING GREATER THAN THEMSELVES SHE BELIEVES IN THE OVERSOUL THAT ALL LIVING THINGS IN THE UNIVERSE ARE PART OF A SINGLE CONSCIOUSNESS SHE BELIEVES IN FRESHLY WASHED LINENS AND FLOWERS ON THE TABLE AND BUYING USED BOOKS FULL OF MARGINALIA
[GELSEY & BRITTAIN] SHE BELIEVES IN SOUL
[CHORUS] HOW DID HER BELIEF SYSTEM BREAK DOWN WITH THE APPEARANCE OF THE GHOST?
[GELSEY] SOFTLY, WITHOUT TRAUMA IN A SERIES OF IMPERCEPTIBLE SHIFTS
[CHORUS] HOW MANY PEOPLE HAS ROSE BEEN?
[GELSEY] ROSE IS THE SAME AS ANYONE ELSE ____________________________________