Flumes Vol. 2 Issue 2 Winter 2017 | Page 106

GENERAL:

And I’m sorry about your husband.

CLARK:

He was a good man.

GENERAL:

As were they all. Wish us luck.

CLARK:

Yes, good luck, sir.

A ROAR of another Jet Fighter SCREAMING overhead. The general exits. Clark stands there alone, with her clipboard and files – the room shudders and shakes. She takes a napkin from her pocket and mops us the coffee spilt under the general’s chair. The engine scream is deafening.

Lights down to dark.

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