First movement Luke, Marc The scene is empty, no object. It is difficult to define its nature. It represents the musical symbol. A person suddenly enters the scene. He holds a newspaper in the one hand and a chair with the other. He drugs the chair rapidly. Luke I didn’t think that this would be possible… Silence. He sits on the chair and looks at the newspaper in astonishment.
Another person arrives also dragging a chair. He sits opposite to the first person. They are now back-to-back. Marc
On the contrary, I believe that everything is possible…
Luke leans towards to Marc.
Luke
Have you read the newspaper? Marc
No! Luke
Then how is it possible for you to know what I’m talking about?
Marc
I don’t know this.
Luke
You are unbearable! Marc
It’s somehow excessive anyway! Luke
The issue is serious.
Marc
I agree… Time. But, does this change anything? Luke
It is exactly here where the whole problem rests. Marc
What is the subject of our conversation today?
Luke
A crime that perhaps has never existed! Marc
What a funny subject! Luke
Yet, it is front page….
He shows him the newspaper.
Marc
This proves nothing… What is it about? Luke
About genocide… Silence.
Marc turns abruptly.
Marc
I thought that you were joking.
Luke
The whole world thinks that it is a joke. Marc
Are you serious? Luke
Yes. Silence. He shows him the newspaper. Marc goes over the article. His face becomes sad.
Marc They have no conscience at all. Time. How can they joke with such an issue? Luke
Because in our days, everything is a joke. Marc
But, this is not a war crime only; it is a crime against Humanity. Luke
It does not matter to them; it is only words. Marc
But, these words hurt memory! Luke
People who have survived genocide slowly die and with them their memory. Marc
So, we must take action! Luke
But how? Marc
We must remember instead of them. Luke
This will not be enough! Marc
Then, we must not forget. Silence.
Luke
Yes, that’s it ….Time. Only memory can defeat death. Marc
This is why they are trying to murder our memory. Luke
Yet, we are not Armenians, neither Cypriots, nor Assyro- Chaldeans, nor Greeks, nor Jews, nor Kurds, nor….! Marc
This is not a reason! On the contrary! Luke
On the contrary? Marc
Since our memory did not mark our body it has to mark our spirit. Luke
Are you aware of the effor that this requires? Marc
A duty of memory is not an effort… Time. We were not there at the moment of the events, but we will be present from now on.
Luke
We are not responsible for the lives of the past, but for the memory of the future! Silence. But who will believe us? Marc
Humans who know how to suffer… Luke
But they are too few! Marc
It is the principle of resistance. Luke
You mean that those resisting are always few? Marc
Yes, they become more only when they succeed.
Luke
And if they fail? Marc
Usually, we forget them… Luke
We will need the others. Marc
We always need the others. Luke
Will they come? Marc
They always come! Luke
But this time, it’s different. . Marc
Then, they will not leave again. Luke
I can’t believe that they are trying to murder memory… Marc
It is, however, realyty! Time. And if we don’t resist, they are going to achieve it. Luke
What can we do? Time. We are only humans… Marc
It is because we are humans that we must resist. Luke
And what the cost will be? Marc
Memory has no cost. Luke
I am afraid of death… Marc
Oblivion is what we must fear. Death is natural, oblivion is inhuman!
They exit the scene leaving the chairs. | 