Goblin Market Creative AdaptationA Stage Play by N. N. GraingerMonologue from a script I'm creating for my A2 drama piece. Character names's are a little odd.Rich soils plant my Smell’s fair vines; vines rich, thick and full of
green, blossomy life. At the nape of each vine grows her sumptuous fruits and
as her hourglass falls, these fruits have delicately ripened. This is the Price
and the price is grave. For Jim our Green Goblin Grocer hungers for my dear
Smell’s fruits. While she is free to devour the juice of the produce stacked
perfectly shelve upon shelve, it is her captive who is to truly devour. For his
greed goes beyond hers; his cankerous, clumsy hands fumble over her delicate
berries. Again and again he bruises her. And he bleeds her rare sweet syrups
into decay. Digging and digging with those cankerous hands and rusty spade he
ploughs her soils because, to his mind, they are his. Her roots thicken and
stretch and strain for moisture but these soils have been cauterised. They parch
and there is no space for delicious vines now to grow. They are strangled
by the wild oats he has sown. Beaten, bruised and bled away the fruits are
gone. Her branches are bare and it’s clear now. He has destroyed her; these
heavenly vines wither and will very soon die. © 2012 N. N. Grainger |
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Added on February 1, 2012 Last Updated on February 1, 2012 AuthorN. N. GraingerGuisborough, Teesside, United KingdomAboutHello I'm Natalie :) I've been writing on and off now for about four or five years. I am currently studying English at advanced level and am soon to pursue a degree which I hope will involve some for.. more..Writing
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