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DOVES AND MARTYRS Cast of characters FRITZ KINZELMAN: A heavy-set Caucasian male in his mid-fifties. He wears a worn plaid shirt and rubber boots. DR. EMAMI ABED: A fit Indian male in his mid-fifties. He wears a long white coat. His hair is feathered back. LYDIA: A multiracial female in her mid-twenties. She wears khaki pants and a Chelsea soccer jersey. Doctor’s office. The Present. Albany, New York. Spring. Morning. The room has a cozy, homestyle vibe. Pictures of the doctor‟s daughters adorn the far wall. Lights come up on FRITZ KINZELMAN, who sits on one of those beds with the paper sheets, fully dressed. DR. EMAMI ABED enters the room. Unlike the archetypal doctor, he does not hold a clipboard. Instead, he carries a stuffed bear holding a big red heart. Upon seeing FRITZ, he turns his back. Emami. FRITZ Pause EMAMI We need to talk about something very important. Okay I want you to put on your big listening ears. This is what I‘ve been worried about since your seizure. Pause. EMAMI faces FRITZ. You do have cancer. Pause. EMAMI hands FRITZ the bear. FRITZ gazes at it. It‘s in the back of your head. Now, we can‘t take it out safely since the tumor‘s pushing on the surrounding tissue. So we‘re not left with many options. We‘re starting you on radiation on Monday. Pause I wish this were a dream. Pause 116
Cancer. FRITZ Pause. FRITZ sets the bear on the bed. I won‘t do radiation. Yes, you will do radiation. EMAMI FRITZ I went through it once with my dad, and never again. How long have I known you Don‘t. I won‘t steer you wrong. EMAMI FRITZ EMAMI FRITZ How nice. When‘s the last time you brought the girls abroad Pause I say when‘s the last time you brought the girls abroad I suppose it‘s been years. EMAMI FRITZ Mm. You know I took the kids for our little tour this summer. They were in heaven. I‘ve been talking about it long enough. Fritz. EMAMI FRITZ France. We spent most the time in Bourges. It was picturesque. They‘ve got this big, looming gothic cathedral with these beautifully towering biblical scenes made of stained glass. Mm. Exactly. You and Cyn been to Bourges EMAMI FRITZ 117
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Wendy Eng FOUND POEM: BEAUTY IS ART
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