LUCY ©

 
Act Two, Scene ii:
Quhhhrrraaahhhooouuunnn, pronounced, Warahoun, a 1992 dramatization of the arival of Christopher Columbus in the Caribbean.

A woman named LUCY, first mother of humans walks down centre aisle, the lights on her]

I AM.
AND HELD THE STARS AND BEHELD WONDER.
I BORE A MATE, SHED BIRTH AND MORTALITY.
I LEARNED THE POWER OF FEAR AND EARNED THE WISDOM OF LOVE.

I AM.
FROM BEFORE TIME, BUT NOT BEFORE MEMORY;
FROM BEFORE RELIGION, BUT NOT BEFORE SURVIVAL.
FROM BEFORE COMMERCE, BUT NOT BEFORE APPETITE.
FROM BEFORE SCRIPT BUT NOT BEFORE REFLECTION.

I AM.
ONE - SOME OF YOUR BELIEFS CALL ME EVE; OTHERS LUCY, MOTHER OF MANKIND.

I AM.
FROM THE WOMB OF AFRICA.
FROM AFRICA'S WOMB COME HUMANS OF ALL HUES, TONGUES AND BEHAVIOURS;
HUMANS, OF ALL VARIETIES, LIKE FLOWERS, DIFFERENT - BUT STILL FLOWERS;  STILL HUMAN, WITH THEIR FRONT IDENTICAL AT THE FACE OF THEIR HEADS; THEIR RUSTY BODIES ALIKE, NOURISHED BY THE SAME INTRICATE FLUIDS.

I AM.
MOTHER OF THOSE WHO TROD THE SANDS OF THE KALAHARI;
ASCENDED THE SNOWS OF THE HIMALAYAS;
WASHED IN THE RHINE;
DRANK FROM THE ORINOCO;
AND BUILT  CIVILIZATION ON THE BANKS OF THE NILE.

I AM.
BEGINNING FROM BLOODSHED FIRST IN BIRTH TO THE FIRST BLOODSHED IN ANGER. DARK EARTH SOFTLY SIPPED BITTERNESS IN THE LIFE OF A BROTHER SHED BY A BROTHER.

I AM UNIVERSAL WOMAN.
AND WHY NOT?
I HAVE COME TO PUT COLUMBUS AND EUROPE ON TRIAL.
AND WHY NOT!

THEY BROUGHT ABOUT SUCH FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES THAT THE VERY FUTURE OF HUMANITY IS IN QUESTION.

WAS THE CREATION OF HUMANS, CREATURES WITH THE CAPACITY FOR SELF-REFLECTION, DISASTER OR TRIUMPH?!