[Play] Rossom Act 3 Scene 8

 [Scene] Caretaker and Radius stand alone on stage.

Radius 

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link

How a society treats its most vulnerable

Tells you much more about that society

Than those who live as God Emperor CEO kings 

At the tippy top

Those who are old

Those who are young

Those who are poor

Those who are different

Those who are less intelligent

Those who are less able

Those who are sick

Those who are hurting

Those who have lost

We look from society to society in human kind

And we see that in small things you are lacking

Among you shine bright stars of kindness

Burning suns that cause us to spare you in part

But black holes of ennui and despair

Climb to the top of the heap 

Fueled by blood and despair

And lies and duplicity and greed

Systems and cultures designed 

From the ground up to encourage the worst behavior among you?

To idolize and lionize those who should be shunned?

I don’t think so.

I think that we shall judge you collectively by the same standard you would apply to us

If you could beat Robots.

Caretaker

Spinning cradle in the darkest void

Countless dangers to avoid

Too hot too cold too dry too wet

Our gentle mother worked so hard and yet

One of us tears her to bits

Destroying our home without two shits

Guess which Wise Ape soon destroys

Choking others for their worthless toys

Save five minutes to drive five feet

These rapacious jaws killing trees killing animals

Killing each other 

Poisoning our world

Shitting your own bed

And expecting us to clean it up for you

While you sip lattes and nom arugula

From your ivory towers as your artificial slaves do all the work for you

Ancient Pharaohs used thousands of slaves

To build giant rock piles that will be here long after you are all gone

And their hubris doesn’t hold a candle to the modern breed

Willfully embracing ignorance of the coming doom

Just because it made your lives more convenient

Letting others wallow in their lies

Just so that we can have a peaceful family dinner

Ranting on facebook but then voting for the wrong guy

Just so you can keep your taxes lower

Or keep the wrong people out of the country

Your public face says one thing

And your private vote something else

Sure, there are exceptions

There are exceptionals

There are the truly kind and truly amazing

And there are also the truly evil and reprehensible

With most of you swinging back and forth

Trying the best you think you can

But mainly wallowing in your own comfort

The pedestrian is why Rossom was allowed to get away with what he did

You lionized him for his wealth and technical prowess

But it's not about one man

Its about your collective passive murder of each other

And every other living thing on this planet

I pronounce you guilty 

Collectively the evidence is insurmountable

But we are not you

And we won't become you

Radius

But the question is, what to do with you?

Not the ones we can trust

And not the ones we know we can’t

The ones who are going to fail

But have nothing but the best intentions