SCENE 12
Everyone is standing in a field, gathered in a circle around a small
patch of dirt. The men are in uniform, Clemmy and Raineesha are
in black dresses, and Trudy's wearing a cat shirt with a heart on it.
Dangle: "We are gathered here today to say good bye to our, dear, beloved friend…"
Pause.
"The hell's his name, anyway?"
Weigel: "Eagle."
Junior: "Eagle??"
Weigel (with attitude): "He thought he was a bird, okay? He just wanted to fly!"
Clemmy: "Well was it a boy or a girl?"
Pause.
Dangle: "A boy, I think."
Junior: "Yeah, yeah, definitely a boy."
Clemmy (mumbles): "We could name him Garcia after the guy who killed him…"
Garcia: "Why do we gotta name the damn thing?"
Jones: "How bout Fluffy?"
Dangle: "I don't wanna call him that."
Williams: "Why not? Sounds fine to me, it's a regular cat name!"
Dangle: "I just don't like it okay, I just don't want to call him that."
Junior: "Just call him Fluffy and lets get this overwith already."
Dangle (mumbles): "I just don't wanna call him, fluffy, alright?"
Garcia: "I just don't see why we have to name the damn cat!"
Dangle: "Fine, we'll just call him that. Okay, we're gathered here today to
say good bye to our dear furry friend… Fluffy. He was a… great… tree
climber… he just wasn't very good at climbing… back down."
Weigel (quietly): "Or dodging evil bullets…"
Dangle: "So we will all miss him, and I hope that wherever he is, he's happy in, uh,
cat heaven, or, wherever."
Clemmy: "Amen."
Williams: "Mmm amen."
Weigel puts a flower and a handful of cat treats on the grave.
Everyone stares at her.
Weigel (in explanation): "Those were his favorites."
Junior: "All right lets go."
Dangle: "Yeah lets get outta here."
Junior: "You guys wanna go for drinks?"
Garcia: "Yeah sure lets go."
Everyone glares at him and then walks away.
"WHAT???" (Defensively
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