San Francisco, present day
It’s the aftermath of a peaceful protest. The kind that involved many women wearing pink pussy hats, and holding signs. Joy and Beth enter from different sides.
JOY
Oh, hey Beth.
BETH
Hey Joy. How was your protest today?
JOY
Good I think. My sign got torn, but I think-
BETH
That’s a good sign.
JOY
Well, it was.
BETH
No, I mean, it shows that you were getting under peoples skin. Someone was unnerved by you. That’s pretty cool.
JOY
Thanks Beth, that means a lot. What did your sign say?
BETH
Fuck Trenton.
JOY
Oh.
BETH
What?
JOY
Nothing.
BETH
No, what is it?
JOY
It’s just, kinda generic you know? Like, do you want to fuck Trenton?
BETH
No! Gross. He’s a sexual predator.
JOY
Exactly, so your sign should say something about that. About why your mad, about why he isn’t fit to be a senator.
BETH
God, you’re right.
JOY
Sorry.
BETH
No, it’s good. I do need to be more proactive about this kind of thing. I just feel so powerless about it.
JOY
Me too.
BETH
I mean, Trenton admitted that he assaulted his intern.
JOY
Yep, and then there were those other women who came forward from his college days.
BETH
I know! It honestly feels like the government just doesn’t care about women, at all.
JOY
And like, what can we fucking do about it? You know? I’m just so fucking angry all the time.
BETH
And in school, we were taught to look at things rationally. Try to be calm about this kind of thing.
JOY
But like, fuck that.
BETH
Right? Fuck that.
JOY
It’s so frustrating.
BETH
Sometimes, I miss the days when I was ignorant. Is that bad?
JOY
No, I know what you mean. It’s almost like it felt safer not to know about these kind of things.
BETH
But it’s so difficult, because like, we do need to know.
JOY
Right, and it’s fantastic that things like this are out in the open. That we can talk about stuff like this. Hard stuff.
BETH
That’s funny.
JOY
What is.
BETH
Well you said, hard stuff. And mostly what we talk about these days is sexual assault, so it really is hard stuff.
JOY
Are… Are you making a dick joke?
BETH
Trying to, yeah.
JOY
It-
BETH
It didn’t land did it.
JOY
It just took a second.
BETH
No worries. It’s just so fucking sucky!
JOY
Now there’s a sexual innuendo!
(Joy make the party horn sound with her mouth)
No but seriously, the state of our democracy is a fucking disgrace.
BETH
Seriously, it is.
JOY
And here’s the thing about Trenton. If he becomes our senator, it normalizes it. More men might think this kind of behavior is okay.
BETH
So fucked up.
JOY
It is. It really fucking is.
BETH
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A SEXUAL PREDATOR
WHEN HE IS RUNNING TO BE OUR NEW SENATOR
DO WE SIT BACK AND LET HIM HAVE HIS WAY?
JOY
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A SEXUAL PREDATOR
WHEN HE IS RUNNING TO BE OUR NEW SENATOR
DO YOU BELIEVE WE’LL EVER FEEL OKAY?
IF THEY DON’T LISTEN, WHO CAN WE TELL?
IT ISN’T FAIR THAT WE FEEL SO UNSAFE.
BETH
HE WILL TURN OUR LIVES, TO LIVING HELL.
NOW I CAN FEEL THE NOOSE ALREADY START TO CHAFE.
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A SEXUAL PREDATOR WHEN HE IS RUNNING TO BE OUR NEW SENATOR,
HE IS SO WRONG IT’S MAKING ME INSANE.
WHEN A MAN OF SO MUCH POWER MAKES YOU NEED TO TAKE A SHOWER
THIS COUNTRY’S GOING DOWN THE DRAIN.
JOY
LOOK AT THE STATE OF OUR PRESENT ECONOMY
AND TAKE A LOOK AT OUR LACK OF AUTONOMY
IS IT ENOUGH TO JUST GO OUT AND VOTE?
HAPPY A DAY WHEN WE FUND OUR COMMUNITY,
WHEN TAXES COME BACK TO US AS A UNITY,
BUT NOW THIS PRICK WOULD LIKE TO SINK OUR BOAT.
IF HE’S ELECTED, THAT IS THE END.
THIS MAN STILL THINKS THAT HE CAN GET A SAY.
BUT IF WE FIND HIM, AND MAKE HIM BEND,
WE MIGHT GET MORE LIKE HIM TO STOP THEIR UGLY WAY!
BETH
Bend? Oh, I don’t know about that.
JOY
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A SEXUAL PREDATOR,
WHETHER OR NOT HE IS RUNNING FOR SENATOR,
THIS MANS SO BAD IT’S MAKING ME INSANE.
WHEN A MAN OF SO MUCH POWER MAKES YOU NEED TO TAKE A SHOWER,
IT’S TIME FOR US TO PICK A LANE.
BETH
WAIT A SECOND!
WE DO NOT KNOW, WE DO NOT KNOW, WE DO NOT KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE.
IT COULD BE SOME WOMEN MAKING LIES.
JOY
What??
BETH
WHAT WOULD YOU DO, WHAT WOULD YOU DO, WHAT WOULD YOU DO WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
IF IT WAS A MAN YOU DON’T DESPISE.
THINK ABOUT OUR CONGRESS, THINK ABOUT THEIR NEEDS.
THINK ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN. THINK OF WHAT THIS SEEDS.
WE DO NOT KNOW. WE DO NOT KNOW, WE DO NOT KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE. TELL ME PLEASE WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
TELL ME PLEASE WHAT WOULD YOU-
(Their phones buzz)
Hang on.
JOY
What?
BETH
No!
together
He’s been elected??
TOGETHER
LETS FIND HIS ADDRESS, AND KICK HIS ASS!
AND WE CAN THEN, CHOP OFF HIS FLACID DICK!
BETH
Chop off his dick!
TOGETHER
LET’S BRING THE CHAINSAW, AND BROKEN GLASS.
IN FACT LET’S BRING THEM ALL SO WE CAN TAKE OUR PICK!
JOY
TAKE OUR PICK FROM THE ARSENAL.
TOGETHER
WHAT DO WE DO WITH A SEXUAL PREDATOR,
NOW THAT HE HAS BEEN ELECTED OUR SENATOR,
THERE IS SO MUCH THAT’S MAKING ME INSANE!
WHEN A MAN IS SO DESTRUCTIVE, THEN IT MAKES YOU MORE CONSTRUCTIVE.
IT’S TIME TO INFLICT LOTS OF PAIN!
Chop off his dick!
Art and Music in Our Souls 