The Goddess of Bran Muffins ( c ) 2024 9 .
( beat ) In fact , I ’ m always taken for granted . Which is why I ’ m here today . Because I have a very special message I want to deliver to you , the American public .
What ’ s the message ?
JOANNE
Everything in Demeter shifts . Suddenly , she ’ s powerful and dangerous .
DEMETER I ’ ve had enough of it . All of it .
Mary and Joanne are frightened .
DEMETER You pollute my rivers , choking them up with six-pack plastic rings and single-use straws . You pump my skies full of chemicals . You slaughter my forests to build your cheap Swedish furniture . You take every single gift that I ’ ve given you and you turn it into poison . And you do it with a laugh , with a smile . Without a thought . For the future . For one another . For me . What ’ s one more factory ? One more landfill ? One less tree ? Nothing . It ’ s worthless to you . What do you care if you ruin me ?
( beat ) Well , let ’ s get to my message , then . My message is simple : Stop . Stop squandering this planet . Stop withering everything you touch . Stop pretending that what you do to me won ’ t make any kind of difference .
( beat )
Stop .
( beat ) I ’ ve given you life . If you no longer respect that life , then I ’ ll take it away . Do you think tornado will whisk you off to the magical land of Oz ? Do you think a hurricane is just water ? Or an earthquake is just a little rumble and then everything can go back to the way it was ?
( beat )
Stop . ( beat )