TEXTO en español
BARRO la OBRA
HABITACIÓN, BOSQUE
LA PUERTA ESTA ABIERTA. PATO ESTÁ AFUERA. EN EL CENTRO DE LA ESCENA, RUBÉN SENTADO EN UNA CAMA ABISMADO EN ALGO LEJANO. TIENE UNA ESCOPETA REAL EN SUS BRAZOS. HAY OTRA ESCOPETA DE JUGUETE SOBRE LA CAMA AL PIE DE ÉSTA EN EL PISO HAY DOS COPAS, UNA BOTELLA Y UN TELEFONO SIN CABLE. EL PISO ES UN ENTRAMADO DEL REVÉS DE UNA ALFOMBRA. UNA BANQUETA ALTA A UN COSTADO. ATRÁS DE LA HABITACIÓN PARECE UN BOSQUE FORMADO POR CILINDROS DE CARTÓN.EN LA PARED CUERLGA UNA CABEZA DE CIERVO REALIZADA EN CARTÓN PLEGADO. TODO OBJETO SE USA. ESCENOGRAFÍA Y VESTUARIO DAN CUENTA DE QUE ESTO ES TEATRO.
SE ESCUCHA EL SONIDO DE ALGUIEN SERRUCHANDO O QUE TRABAJA CON ALGO AFUERA DE LA HABITACIÓN
Pato: Esperá un poco. Rubén, ahí voy
Rubén: No me siento bien, me escuchas? No me siento bien …no participo … No quiero hablar pero hablo!, no quiero gritar pero…me arrebato…estoy muy muy enojado… mucho mucho y ahí estoy, viendo como todo fluye como la pus que sale de una herida … estoy cayendo por el barranco, tanto esfuerzo para subir Pato y después en un segundo se desata el nudo y no puedo parar…directo al fondo
Pato: es un segundo, hermano, ahí voy….
Rubén: No me siento bien…me parece que no voy esta vez!
Anda solo…es hora que volvés solo, un pájaro que no vuela… eso es muy peligroso…
Dudás al hablar porque negociás! negociás tus palabras!
Porque no te quedás mudo?! AL BORDE DEL LLANTO
PAUSA PEQUEÑA
Pato: Rubén
Rubén: si?
Pato: tengo una sorpresa para esta salida . No vengas!
Rubén: que es?
Pato: Acercate a la puerta Esperá un momento y ahora. Acercate ahora…
RUBÉN SE ACERCA, ABRE LA PUERTA Y PATO LE MUESTRA UNA ESPECIE DE TOTEM HECHO CON UN CILINDRO SIMILAR A LOS ÁRBOLES Y DOS BRACITOS HECHOS CON PEQUEÑOS TUBOS SE FORMA UNA IMAGEN DONDE SE VE EL TOTEM Y LA CABEZA DE PATO
Rubén: mierda! Que haces!?? SE ALEJA RAPIDO
Dejalo ahí!
PATO SE QUEDA MUDO UN POCO DISFRUTA DEL SUSTO PERO SABE QUE RUBÉN PUEDE ENOJARSE FEO ENTRA CON EL TOTEM Y LO DEJA EN EL PISO, LO GIRA CON PRECISIÓN PARA QUE MIRE A RUBÉN
Rubén: Dejalo ahí!
PATO LO LEVANTA Y LO DEJA AL COSTADO DE LA PUERTA LO VUELVE A GIRAR PRODUCIENDO UN EXTRAÑO EFECTO DE VIDA EN EL MUÑECO TOTEM
SE SIENTA EN LACAMA, TOMA LA ESCOPETA REAL Y APUNTA A RUBÉN. VUELVE A APUNTAR Y GATILLA. NO TIENE BALAS. NO HAY SORPRESA. AMBOS SABIAN QUE NO ESTABA CARGADA, ES UN JUEGO QUE COMPARTEN.
Pato: Van a ir hacia el cuerpo, y van a creer que somos nosotros, vos o yo
Pero no somos nosotros, entonces van a ir para el otro lado, entonces ahí, los esperamos nosotros, camuflados Me entendés? Que te parece?
Rubén: Qué te pasa? ENTRA LA MÚSICA. A PARTIR DE ACÁ SIGUE HASTA EL FINAL APOYANDO TEXTO Y ACCIÓN CON BREVES PAUSAS.
RUBÉN MIRA EL MUÑECO TOTEM
Rubén: Por qué planificás cosas sin mi? En todo este tiempo, no me podés decir: vení Rubén que quiero comentarte algo, nos juntamos que tengo una idea para compartir, vení que planificamos juntos. Pero no, te querés lucir, te querés dar lustre
Quien se puede creer lo que decís o lo que haces? Eh? Contame!, contame! contame! porque así yo entiendo
Contame un poquito de todo esto que estas armando…me traés este muchacho muchacho!
LOS DOS MIRAN AL TELEFONO SE MIRAN Y VUELVEN A MIRAR EL TELÉFONO EL TELÉFONO NO TIENE CONECCIÓN, ES CLARAMENTE UN OBJETO TEATRAL RUBÉN ATIENDE
Rubén: Hola? hola Mamá, cómo estas? Hola! Soy yo…me podés escuchar? Soy Rubén.
No! Rubén, tu hijo Rubén…Me colgó PAUSA PEQUEÑA No me conoció la voz MIRANDO EL MUÑECO TOTEM No me parece mala idea, lo que no puede ser es tu actitud…siento un odio reconcentrado… me dejas solo! un odio que me separa…es como un insecto, me quema!...y esa mancha la tenés que limpiar!…
Pato: la limpié…Rubén la limpié!
Rubén No, no la limpiaste. Sos sucio Pato, aceptalo
SUENA EL TELEFONO SILENCIOSO NUEVAMENTE
Rubén: hola Mamá. Soy Rubén! por favor mamá…para querés hablar con Pato! pero te estoy diciendo que soy yo!…podés atender a esta señora?!
Pato: Hola mamá Si, si mamita Decime…nooo pero no podemos ahora. Ahora no. Es un mal momento para un invitado, si Rubén esta acá, al lado mío…si esta bien te escucho…¿como? ah…CUELGA LENTAMENTE EL TELEFONO
Rubén: Que pasó?
Pato: Viene el hermano
Rubén: Qué hermano?
Pato: Nuestro hermano
PEQUEÑA PAUSA
Rubén: Adónde?
Pato: Acá
Rubén: Acá dónde?
Pato: Acá! Viene para acá!
RUBÉN RECIBE UN GOLPE INTERNO, QUE SE MANIFIESTA SIMILAR A UN ATAQUE DE EPILEPSIA HACE COMO UN SEMICÍRCULO HACIA EL PISO
Pato: Rubén… Pará Rubén
PATO VA DIRECTO Y SE ACUESTA EN EL PISO
Rubén: INCORPORÁNDOSE Cómo se llamaba?....
PATO LO MIRA
Rubén: Cómo se llamaba....
GOLPEAN LA PUERTA, RUBÉN Y PATO SE INCORPORAN DE UN SALTO. RUBÉN ABRE LA PUERTA. ENTRA GAUSHO RUBÉN DUDA QUE HACER Y LO ABRAZA LO ABRAZA FUERTE, SENTIDO. EL ABRAZO SE PROLONGA Y ES GAUSHO EL QUE SE TIENE QUE ZAFAR. LUEGO GAUSHO VA LENTAMENTE Y ABRAZA A PATO, QUE ESTÁ EN LA OTRA PUNTA LUEGO VUELVE A RUBÉN.
Gausho: Hola
RUBÉN LE HACE UNA SEÑA PARA QUE TOME ASIENTO. GAUSHO SE SIENTA. RUBEN TAMBIÉN. LOS DOS EN LA CAMA
Gausho: Hola .estoy contento de estar acá
PAUSA
Rubén: Bueno. Que bien
Gausho: Para mi es muy emocionante estar acá
Rubén: Tanto tiempo, no? Como te fue? Justo nos enteramos hace…unos instantes
que bueno, je
Gausho: Bien. Si
Rubén: Que bueno, te darás cuenta que nos sorprende tu visita…llegaste en un momento, no?
Gausho Si hice mal con venir tan de repente…yo puedo volver
PATO VA Y TAMBIÉN SE SIENTA
Rubén: Volver a dónde?
PAUSA
Rubén: La última vez que te ví yo calzaba 34…ves ahora 41…qué te trae por acá?
Gausho: Quería verlos…realmente era una cuenta pendiente
Rubén: Sabés como decía Papá? Pppapa pppapa HACE UN JUEGO CON LA PALABRA Entonces te vuelvo a decir, nos sorprende tu visita Hay algo más? Algún punto donde querés poner el acento?
Gausho: Sí sí…hay un tema…Papá…Papá
Rubén: Hace quince años que no te veo! No podías llamar? Cuando creciste, cuando te hiciste adulto. No ganas, deseos de llamar? No te intrigaba? disculpá, pero es de curioso, je
Gausho: ustedes tampoco llamaron
Rubén y Pato: Nosotros? PAUSA
PATO LLORA DESCONSOLADAMENTE
Rubén: bueno! Ahora si! Cómo es el tema?
Gausho: Como dije…Papá…eh
Rubén: Y?
Gausho: encontró…siempre encuentra cosas, colecciona…pero ahora tiene que vender algo…muy importante para mucha gente…el piensa que…
PATO: está gordo?
Gausho: quién?
Pato: Papá
Gausho: si come mucho…y entonces como ustedes también son herederos, tienen que firmar…
ANTE LA PALABRA FIRMAR LOS DOS LO MIRAN Y SE QUEDAN FIJOS UNOS SEGUNDOS RUBÉN SE LEVANTA DE LA CAMA
Gausho: él es muy generoso Por eso se expande. De verdad los quiere…
Rubén: INTERRUMPIENDO Qué hay que firmar?
Gausho: unos documentos Es algo puramente formal
RUBÉN SE LEVANTA
Rubén: Así que vos venís acá por…ENTRA EN UN ESTADO DE DESBORDE REPENTINO LE SURJE DE ADENTRO GESTO CON LOS BRAZOS Qué te esta pasando? Decime por favor qué te esta pasando? Inmundicia! Esto es una inmundicia!
Qué te pasa? Qué haces acá? Qué, queee viniste a qué? A qué viniste? Vos, y ese chancho padre , que esté gordo porque se lo come todo! por eso esta gordo Se lo come todo todo, todo.
Vos viniste a acá!…te presentás…RUBÉN CAE AL PISO Y SE TRASLADA EN DIRECCIÓN ALA CAMA COMO SIFUERA UN PESCADO O ALGO SIMILAR. ES COMO SI UNA FUERZA LO TRASLADARA. LLEGA A LA CAMA Y AHÍ SE INFLA Y DESINFLA TRES VECES, UNA ESPECIE DE PEZ FUERA DEL AGUA. ESE ESTADO LO ABANDONA Y SE LEVANTA CON PRECISIÓN
Rubén: me voy a tranquilizar, porque tal vez vos pensás que yo estoy mal, pero no estoy mal. Estoy sorprendido y a lo mejor me podes explicar. Me tenés que hacer entender…mirá hay algo que todavía no entendiste: vos no te vas hoy. Me escuchás? Vos pasaste por esa puerta y ahora vas a tener que dar respuestas. Mirá el desahuciado de mi hermano como está! Mirá cómo está ése hombre! Lo ponés mal Lo ponés mal!!!!!
Pato: TRANQUILIZANDOLOVení Rubén. Sentate tranquilo
Rubén: No, no no, estoy bien
Pato: INCORPORÁNDOSE FIRME Sentáte!
RUBÉN SE SIENTA OBEDIENTE. SILENCIO. GAUSHO SACA UNA FORMA DE MADERA DEL BOLSO Y LA PRESENTA LA DESLIZA SOBRE EL PISO TODOS QUEDAN COMO LOCOS FIJOS EN ÉSA “CABEZA” QUE LOS CAPTA PATO SE ACERCA Y DELICADAMENTE LA AGARRA, SE PARA, LA OBSERVA EMBELESADO
Pato: Es preciosa
LUEGO LA PONE COMO CABEZA EN EL CUERPO TOTEM, AHORA EL MUÑECO ESTÁ COMPLETO. TODOS OBSERVAN. LA RISA LOS GANA. POCO A POCO ENTRAN EN EL ESTADO DE RISA, LA RISA ES ÉXTASIS
LUEGO BAJA Y QUEDAN EN SILENCIO OBSERVANDO EL MUÑECO DE NUEVO.
ES COMO UNA TRISTEZA HONDA QUE SE LES METE A TODOS DENTRO. PATO INTENTA AGARRAR LA CABEZA, GAUSHO SE DA CUENTA QUE LA CABEZA CORRE PELIGRO Y LA TOMA CAUTELOSA Y RÁPIDAMENTE ANTES QUE ÉL.
PATO INTENTA TOCARLA, PERO GAUSHO NO SE LO PERMITE Y LA GUARDA EN SU BOLSO
Gausho: Es muy delicada LA GUARDA. SE SIENTA EN LA CAMA.PATO LO SIGUE
Gausho: Hay que firmar
LOS DOS LO MIRAN Y VUELVEN A LO SUYO. RUBÉN FIRME AGARRA LAS ESCOPETAS S Y SE LAS LLEVA
Rubén: SALIENDO Me voy a revisar la cosas
PATO SE QUEDA EN SILENCIO OBSERVANDO A GAUSHO LUEGO SE LEVANTA RAPIDAMENTE Y OBSERVA EN LA PUERTA SI RUBÉN SE ALEJÓ
Pato: No tenés que hacerlo enojar. Rubén no es malo. Pero si lo buscás se pone malo. Si estoy yo, lo controlo, pero si no estoy, no lo controlo
Es lindo donde vivís. Yo fui una vez. Con unos amigos… Hermoso…
Gausho: ésta actitud de Rubén
Pato: Sí
Gausho: Puede complicar
Pato: Yo puedo hablar
Gausho: Sí, sí, sí, pero firmará Rubén? PAUSA Era un excusa para verlos Yo pensé que sería distinto Pensé que estaríamos los tres juntos. Los tres SE LEVANTA Como era quando a gente era pequeno e Hahaha .A gente não se desgrudava nunca, você lembra? Hahaha, saia correndo prá lá e pra cá Não parávamos um segundo. E a gente sempre quebrava alguma coisa, e ficava jogando a culpa um pro outro e no final. Eu lembro que vocês sempre colocavam umas coisas nas GIRO
A gente adorava brincar de luta, se batia o tempo inteiro GOLPEA PATO você lembra? PATO GOLPEA E você era o mais forte e me deixava todo roxo SIENTA EN EL BANQUITO Lembro que você, pra mim, era como um ídolo SE LEVANTA Y CAMINA, tinha algo de mítico nisso, você era com um totem VUELTITA Y CAMINA HACIA EL OTRO LADO E eu podia fazer qualquer cosia por você Eu imitava seus gestos, sua maneira de falar, agir eu tava conseguindo até que CAMBIO PARA FELIZ Teve um otro dia que a mãe nos trouxe umas camisetas. Eram três camisetas, uma de cada cor Tinha uma verde, uma azul e uma roxa Eu lembro que ganhei a azul Eu adorava azul, porque tinha algo de Super-herói nisso ENTRA RUBÉN
Mas você tinha ganhado a roxa. E eu pensei, então, que queria a roxa! Haha tratava sempre de roubar sua camiseta para me sentir mais como você haha. E sempre culpava Rubén quando me descobriam. E foi aí que começou nossa comeptição estúpida entre irmão .Como um jogo de poder hahaha. Como pode ser três moleques. E pelo jeito continua sendo assim, não? Depois de tantos anos
Rubén: Ya aceité las escopetas…
Gausho: van a hacer algo ahora? A mí me gustaría ir IMPROVISA ALGO MAS EN PORTUGUÉS A RUBEN
RUBÉN SE LE TIRA ENCIMA EMPIEZA LA LUCHA DE LA BOLAPOR LO MENOS TRES FORMAS . PATO INTEANTA SEPARARLOS.
Rubén: Te acuso! Inmundicia! EN UN MOMENTO RUBÉN SE SUELTA
Rubén: Hasta acá, hasta aca! Hasta acá Es un juego! Estábamos jugando! SE SEPARAN
GAUSHO SE ALEJA
SE MIRAN Y HAY UN AMAGUE DE RUBÉN PATO LO PARA DURANTE EL TEXTO RUBÉN SIGUE AMAGANDO CON VOLVER A LA PELEA
Rubén: No te gusta como te recibimos?! No es gratis tu ausencia hermano! Te acuso!
SUENA EL TELÉFONO SILENCIOSO ES LA MADRE
Rubén: Hola Mamá GAUSHO SE ACERCA COMO PARA TOMARA EL TELEFONO
Si!! Rubén! A LOS DEMÁS: me reconoció la voz! A LA MADRE: Sí. Llegó bien …Sí, muy bien… Adaptándose. Chau A GAUSHO: Te manda saludos
RUBÉN SE QUEDA SOBRE UNA ESQUINA ENSIMISMADO PATO LO SIGUE Y SE QUEDA ATRÁS PATO LO MIRA A GAUSHO QUE ESTÁ SENTADO EN LA BANQUETA. PATO VA Y BUSCA LAS COPAS Y UNA BOTELLA QUE DESDE EL PRINCIPIO ESTABAN EN ESCENA TOMA LAS COPAS, VA HACIA RUBÉN Y SIRVE PARA LOS DOS TOMAN LUEGO PATO SE ACERCA A GAUSHO Y LE DA LA BOTELLA TOMAN LOS DOS RUBÉN LO MIRA CON FIRMEZA A PATO, ÉSTE ENTIENDE ALGO DEJA LAS COPAS Y LA BOTELLA Y SE SIENTA EN LA CAMA SE TOMA UNOS SEGUNDOS SE PARA Y SE QUEDA DE FRENTE A LA CABEZA DE CIERVO LA DESCUELGA Y LENTAMENTE TOMA POSICIÓN FRENTE A GAUSHO DA UNOS PASOS E INTENTA PONERLE LA ÉSTE RECHAZA LA PROPUESTA PATO LO INTENTA POR SEGUNDA VEZ NUEVAMENTE GAUSHO LO RECHAZA
PATO A RUBÉN: No quiere ponerse la cabeza
RUBÉN: Cómo no quiere! Insistí por favor
PATO INTENTA DE NUEVO
GAUSHO RESISTE
PATO VUELVE MUY PERTURBADO
PATO: No. No quiere
RUBÉN: HACIA GAUSHO Qué pasa Gausho?
Qué pasa hermano?
Me cortás…no te das cuenta? Es por la contextura!
Sós vos! Nos faltaba alguien…quién podía ser y justo llegaste!
Vos sos punta!
Dale ponétela, dale no me la compliqués, dale despacito…
FORCEJEO RUBÉN EMPIEZAN COLOCÁRSELA CON AYUDA DE PATO Y VAN GIRANDO HACIA LA CAMA. SE SIENTAN LOS TRES
Gausho : CON LA CABEZA DE CIERVO COLOCADA. No, no no!!! LLORA
Rubén: No es nada raro. Es aclimatarse cuesta un poquito. Ahí está, ves?
Escuchame, tenés que ser digno de esto vos. Hay un animal adentro tuyo, hay un animal adentro de todos. A vos te toco éste. Cuando fué la última vez que corriste? PAUSA. Bueno, ahora vas a correr. Correr de verdad, bien en serio eh…te van a temblar las patas, vas a apretar el culo y a fondo a fondo el acelerador y esa adrenalina, una vez en la vida yo quisiera sentir eso , correr por mi vida pero no puedo, no puedo y eso no me gusta, pero no importa, estas vos, apareciste vos y esto ahora tiene sentido, mucho sentido!
Vos sabes lo que es correr por tu vida? Es un privilegio, Te hacemos hombre hermano!
¿Tu quien eres que juzgas al ciervo ajeno?
No es para ponerse triste, levantá la mirada, dale
GAUSHO LEVANTA LA MIRADA CON LA CABEZA PUESTA Y QUEDAN LOS TRES MIRANDO AL FRENTE PATO SE LEVANTA Y TOMA LA ESCOPETA DE JUGUETE SE LA OFRECE A GAUSHO
Pato: Toma, para vos No es peligrosa. Vas a sentir mi mano, me seguís
PATO TOMA EL MUÑECO TOTEM Y LO LLEVA EN BRAZOS SE ORGANIZA UN TRENCITO. SON TRES VUELTAS EN CÍRCULO
Pato: No me cierres el circulo. Muy bien
Rubén: A la izquierda, a la izquierda. No cierres el circulo
Pato: Otra vuelta!
Rubén: Dale doblá!
Pato: Hasta acá. Ahí esta la perilla.
GAUSHO TANTEA LA PUERTA Y ABRE Y PERILLA
Pato: Eso. Bajá, agachate
Rubén: Agachate más!
Pato: Un poco más, perfilate
Rubén: Perfilate por favor! A PATO Les estas indicando?!
Pato: Sí! le estoy indicando! No te das cuenta? Para que me hablás encima? Si repetís lo que yo digo! Yo me organizo!
SALEN LOS TRES. EL ESPACIO QUEDA VACIO
A LO LEJOS
Pato: Seguí la línea…no te atolondres!
Rubén Vamos! con ritmo hermano
Pato: Metele tranquilo
Rubén: Cuidado que te desviás!
Pato: Fuerza! no bajes el ritmo
Rubén: Aprovechá la zancada
Pato: Eso! muy bien!
Rubén: Internate, internate!
Pato: Nooo !!!por ahí no… el sendero! recuperá el sendero!
Rubén Tanteá el terreno!
Pato: Qué estas haciendo?!
Rubén: Tanteá el terreno!
Pato: Volvé!
Rubén: Volvé!
Pato: Volvéeeee!
Rubén: Nooo gausho!
RUBÉN Y PATO VUELVEN ASUSTADOS SIN GAUSHO. DESVARIAN EN EL ESPACIO UN MOMENTO, SE REÚNEN EN LA CAMA
Pato: Decimos que nunca llegó, que por acá no se lo vió
Rubén: La última vez que llamó Mamá le dijimos que estaba bien
Pato: Se acordará Mamá de éso?… No se acuerda ni de tu nombre
Rubén: …de mi nombre no …
Pato: Vino y salió a tomar aire…
Rubén: Quién le hizo algo?! Se cayó a un pozo. Una negligencia personal, yo no tengo nada que ver con este hecho, no participo, no tengo nada que ver, para que vino?! Muy bien, así como vino se fue , yo no le vi mas el rostro, no se si se tomo un avión, el tipo se fue y vos no vas a hablar con nadie ¿me entendés?????
Después de que llamo Mamá…brindamos, se puso nostálgico, salió a pasear por el campo…LLORA
Que hacemos con un muerto!?…tengo una bola en el estómago … yo le dije “tantea el terreno, tantea el terreno”…LLORA, SE SIENTA EN LA BANQUETA …no decía papa que veía mas lejos?…que veía cosas que nosotros no? Mirá como terminó. Se cayó en un pozo.
RUBÉN HACE UNA FORMA DE CAIDA EN LA BANQUETA
Pato: que hacés Rubén? Sentate bien……Sentáte!
RUBÉN SE RECOMPONE
Rubén: Pato, vení LE EXTIENDE LA MANO
PATO SE ACERCA SE QUEDAN FRENTE A FRENTE PATO LO TRAE HACIA SI Y RUBÉN SE RECUESTA SOBRE SU HOMBRO
Rubén: No me siento bien. No me siento bien
RUBÉN VA Y SE ACUESTA EN LA CAMA
Rubén: Me quema…
Pato: voy a salir VA HACIA LA PUERTA
Rubén: Dame la mano
PAUSA PATO DUDA Y VUELVE LE AGARRA LA MANO
Rubén: Quedate conmigo te pido por favor
PAUSA LARGA
PATO LE SUELTA EL ABRAZO LO MIRA DESDE LA PUERTA Y SE VA
Rubén: Pato Vas a volver?
SILENCIO
Rubén: Pato Me escuchas?
SE ESCUCHAN PASOS
RUBÉN: Pato? Sos vos?
ENTRA GAUSHO. TIENE EMBARRADO LE ROSTRO FORMANDO UNA MASCARA. TIENE UNA BOLA DE BARRO EN LA MANO, LA TIRA SOBRE LA MANCHA DEL PISO. SE PARA CERCA DE LA CAMA RUBÉN ESTA ACOSTADO LUEGO DE UNOS INSTANTES, GAUSHO SE ACUESTA LE PONE LA MANO SOBRE EL PECHO A RUBÉN ESO ACTIVA UNA TORSIÓN EN RUBÉN QUE HACE QUE EL META LA MANO EN LA OLLA. ÉSTA A SU VEZ SE DESLIZA JUNTO A LA MANOBRAZO DE RUBÉN LUEGO EL MOVIMIENTO VUELVE
Rubén: Querés que cante? No, no, mejor…te cuento Te cuento algo ……
GAUSHO LE TAPA LA BOCA LUEGO LO LEVANTA Y LO SIENTA
Rubén: Perdoname… te pido que me perdones, te suplico, perdoname, perdón perdón perdón…(ESTE TEXTO DURA LO QUE DICTE EL MOMENTO DE CADA FUNCIÓN)
RUBÉN SE SIENTA SU ENERGÍA SE NORMALIZA INSTANTANEAMENTE
Rubén: Te voy a contar algo. Una historia. Querés? Me podés decir si no querés…
Chancho chancho churro churro chancho
Chancho chancho churro churro chancho
Ese olor noooo eh… ahhhh!
Penetra bien parejo, persistente, ese olor!
Chancho churro churro chancho
¿Cómo soportar el cambio? ¿Cómo saber que lo que es, es?
¿Y si no parece haber otro camino?
Había que verlo, esa tristeza, distinción sin igual, sin parangón
Cada paso era el primero y el último, cada paso era una oda a la precisión
Sigo tus pasos, yo le decía…
Entraba en la arena caliente, solemne y viril…empujando su carro de guerra,
de propaganda, de venta…
Me decía: “que vengan a vos nene, dejalos que vengan a vos” eso, con tipo de voz, particular tipo de voz
Luego se prestaba a una ceremonia preciosista y delicada Clavaba el palo de la sombrilla en el carro, abría el paraguas, hermosos colores, verde, blanco, negro
Lo último…lo último era ese gorrito, su amuleto, su esencia fetiche
Ah! Era una cosa de locos, era muy intenso saber que se sabía… rey! maravilla!
Que locura por el amor de dios!
Chancho churro churro chancho!!!ahhhh!
El canto era la culminación, era ese aroma del paraíso que dominaba la playa
Uno les veía los ojitos captados, el rico, el pobre, el soberbio, el sumiso, el avaro, todos eran uno en ese deseo irrefrenable todo se volvía lengua que quiere contacto, y el canto, el canto los llevaba al clímax, los ponía de rodillas Piruliiines! Piruuliines!
Ahhhhh!
Una vez que la presa estaba a su alcance era cosa de sentarse y ver:
“¿Como esta señorita, linda por nacimiento nena o es que estudiaste en la escuela de las diosas?
Hola José! Claro que le guarde tres como siempre!
Vamos no se me haga la arisca y lleve diez que después se queda corta y tiene que andar pidiendo
Hoooolaaa! Campioooonn! Que decís! Acá, mirá, Acá, mira acá, acá mirá, Acá mira acá, mira acá, si, si mirá la forma que tomo, acá, si, este te lo guarde para vos, acá mirá acá sí, sí acá, mirá acá la forma que tomo, acá la forma, acá, para vos, sí acá… ¿que es esa cara? ¿No te gusta? Llevalo por que me enojo y no me comes nunca más un pirulín
Vamos, haceme lugar por favor Pirulines!!!!...Sí mi Bestia, claro que te doy el carro entero!, no broma, broma ningún amor compra este elixir…”
Cuatro por acá, cinco al fondo, cobro y después pagan no se amontonen…
Cuatro por acá, cinco, cobro… no se amontonen…
Cuatro… después pagan…. no se amontonen…
Chancho. Churro, churro chancho…
No se cuando, no se cuando sentí ése olor, ésa podredumbre disfrazada, si fue primero el sonido o el silencio de ésa llegada siniestra
Hermano se percató de inmediato, fue como si le hubieran sacado el aire, un frío le congeló el alma y ya nada fue igual
La gente se dividió, se alternaba entre la grasa y el precioso pirulín
El cantó, si siguió con su canto, pero la batalla estaba perdida desde un principio
El miraba como con vergüenza ajena como el churro se imponía, como la grasa se les colaba. Un nuevo tiempo llegaba…resistí!, resistí! e decía y el me miraba, me buscaba con esa desconfianza de los que ya no son. Ojeaba cada vez mas el carro de “El Puerquito Feliz”! Ese era el nombre del nuevo carro. Un carro doble acople , motor diez cilindradas, chimenea con silenciador, y parlante doble salida que pintaba el ambiente de infelicidad…
Las cosas cambian cuando cambian, llego la invitación y el comienzo del fin
“¿Querés probar?” Y sonó como una música, y lo violó, lo violó por los oídos
Esa especie de gigante acéfalo
Los días se sucedieron y todo se fue a pique rápidamente. El carro estaba sólo por horas, a veces la gente mas fiel tenía que robar para poder comer un pirulín, lo miraban con pena, con tristeza, sucio, gordo…”saca , saca tranquilo” decía …en la playa las cosas cambiaron. Mucho viento, viento lejanos de otros mares…casi no podíamos vernos el rostro, el Puerquito Feliz era puro éxito, hasta venían de otros balnearios para llevar churros… La peste, la peste…. Todo se murió: peces, lobos marinos, hombres! si se los puede llamar hombres… Estaban ahí, pero no estaban
Sucedió de repente, cesó el viento y un paisaje se me presentó: el Puerquito Feliz ya no estaba Hermano dejó una nota “Nos fuimos a La Feliz venite un día, H”
RUBÉN VA A LA PISO CON LA MISMA ENERGIA DE PESCADO DEL COMIENZO Y DESLIZA LA OLLA CON SU MANO
Rubén: me quema Me quema RUBÉN SE DA VUELTA Y QUEDA BOCA ARRIBA
PAUSA MEDIA
Rubén: Y la cabeza?
Gausho: La del ciervo?
Rubén: No, la otra. Éso, éso que trajiste
Gausho: ah…La dejé. La deje en el barro. No la necesitamos más.
BAJA LA LUZ
FIN
Damianmoroni©
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TEXT in english
BARRO: LA OBRA
MUD: THE PLAY
ROOM: Forest
THE DOOR IS OPEN. PATO: IS OUT. Ruben is in the center of the stage, sitting on an lonely, remote bed. He has a rifle in his arms. There`s a toy rifle on the bed, at the foot of the bed there are two cups, a bottle and a wireless phone. The carpet is turned upside down. A high bench is to the side. The back of the room looks like a forest, formed by cardboard cylinders. Above the bed is a hollow deer head with antlers made of paper. All objects in the scenery are used. Scenery and wardrobe make the audience realize that this is a theatre production. From outside the room, sounds of someone sawing or working are heard.
Pato: Wait a little. Ruben, here I come.
Ruben: I do not feel good, you hear me? I do not feel well ... I do not participate ... I do not want to talk but I talk! I do not want to yell but ...I have sudden angry fits... It builds and builds and then I am there, I begin and everything starts flowing like pus from a wound... I'm falling down into the abyss, so much force to supress
Pato: in a second the knot is untied and I can not stop ... I go straight to the bottom.
Pato: Wait a second, my brother, and I will be there!
Ruben: I do not feel well ... I do not think I am going to this time!
Go alone ... it is time that you go back alone, a flightless bird that does not return; this is very dangerous ...When you talk you doubt because you are only negotiating! You negotiate your words! Why do not you stay silent?! ON THE VERGE OF CRYING SMALL PAUSE
Pato: Ruben…
Ruben: Yeah?
Pato: I have a surprise for this ending, do not come yet!
Ruben: What is it?
Pato: Approach the door …No, wait a moment and then you can approach ...
RUBEN APPROACHES, OPENS THE DOOR AND PATO SHOWS HIM A KIND OF TOTEM MADE OF THE SAME MATERIAL AS THE TREES, WITH TWO SMALL TUBULAR ARMS. HE STANDS SO HIS HEAD IS SEEN OVER THE TOTEM.
Ruben: Shit!!!!!! What the fuck are you thinking!--He runs away quickly--Leave it there!
PATO SETS IT DOWN SILENTLY, ENJOYING RUBEN´S FRIGHT. HOWEVER, HE KNOWS THAT RUBEN´S ANGER CAN BE QUITE UGLY. HE ENTERS WITH THE TOTEM AND SETS IT ON THE FLOOR, TURNING IT WITH PRECISION TO FACE RUBEN.
Ruben: Leave it there!
PATO STANDS AND MOVES THE TOTEM TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR, TURNING THE FRONT TOWARDS RUBEN, CREATING A STRANGE LIFE-LIKE EFFECT IN THE TOTEM DOLL. HE SITS ON THE BED AND PICKS UP THE REAL RIFLE, POINTING IT AT RUBEN. HE POINTS IT AGAIN AND FIRES, BUT THERE ARE NO BULLETS. IT IS NOT A SURPRISE. THEY BOTH KNEW THAT IT WAS NOT LOADED—THIS IS A GAME THEY SHARE.
Pato: They will go to the “body”--LOOKING AT THE TOTEM--and they will believe that that is us, you and I…. But is not us. So then they will go to the other side, here, where we are waiting for them, camouflaged. Do you understand what I mean? What do you think?
Ruben: What's wrong with you?!!!!!!!!!!! ENTER THE MUSIC. IT CONTINUES FROM HERE TO THE END, ACCENTUATING THE TEXT AND ACTION WITH ABRUPT PAUSES.
RUBEN LOOKS THE TOTEM DOLL
Rubén: Why are you planning things without me? All this time, you can not tell me: “come Ruben, I want to tell you something; I have an idea to share with you…come so we can plan together.” But no, you want me to be overlooke, you want to shine!
Who can believe what you say or what you do? Eh? Tell me, tell me, tell me! So I can understand. Tell me a bit of all this that you're plotting. LOOKING TO THE TOTEM: and you Bring me this fellow!
THEY BOTH LOOK AT THE TELEPHONE AND THEN AT EACH OTHER, THEN LOOK BACK TO THE PHONE. THE PHONE HAS NO WIRE; IT IS CLEARLY A THEATRICAL OBJECT. RUBÉN ANSWERS IT.
Ruben: Hello? Hi Mom, how are you? Hello! It is me... can you hear me? It is Ruben.
No! Ruben! Ruben, your son...She hung up on me. SHORT PAUSE She did not recognize my voice. FACING THE TOTEM DOLL It doesn´t seem to me a bad idea, what can not be is your attitude ...I am feeling a very strong hatred. You leave me alone!!!!!!!!! It is a hatred that separates me from you ... it is like a bug, it burns me! ... LOOKING AND SHOWING PATO THE STAIN ON THE FLOOR And this stain, you need to clean it!
Pato: It was cleaned! Ruben cleaned it!
Rubén No, you didn´t clean it. You are dirty, Pato. Accept it.
SILENT PHONE RINGS AGAIN
Ruben: Hi Mom. It is Ruben! Come on mom…why do you want to talk to Pato?! but I am saying that it´s me, Ruben! GIVING THE PHONE TO PATO Can you can talk to this “Lady”?!
Pato: Hi Mom. Yeah, yeah mama, tell me ... nooo but we can not now. Not now!... It is a bad time for a guest… Yes, Ruben is here, next to me ...Yes, it´s okay, I hear you ...What? Ahhhh... HE DELICATELY HANGS UP THE PHONE
Ruben: What happened?
Pato: Our brother is coming.
Ruben: What brother?
Pato: Our brother
SMALL PAUSE
Ruben: Where?
Pato: Here.
Rubén: Here where?
Pato: Here! He is coming here!
RUBEN RECEIVES AND INTERNAL SHOCK, WHICH MANIFESTS ITSELF LIKE AN ATTACK OF EPILEPSY. HIS BODY WRITHES IN A SEMI-CIRCLE ON THE FLOOR.
Pato: Ruben...Stop Ruben.
PATO GOES DIRECTLY TO RUBEN AND LIES DOWN ON THE FLOOR
Ruben: STANDING UP BUT STILL SITTING ON THE FLOOR What was his name...?
PATO LOOKS AT HIM
Ruben: What was his name... ?
THERE IS A KNOCK ON THE DOOR, AND RUBEN AND PATO JUMP UP. RUBEN OPENS THE DOOR. GAUSHO ENTERS. RUBEN DOESN´T KNOW WHAT TO DO-- HE EMBRACES GAUSHO, STRONGLY AND WITH FEELING. THE HUG IS LONG AND GAUSHO IS TENSE, HE HAS TO PUSH AWAY. THEN SLOWLY, GAUSHO APPROACHES PATO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM AND EMBRACES HIM. HE THEN RETURNS TO RUBEN.
Gausho: Hello.
RUBEN MAKES A SIGN FOR HIM TO SIT. GAUSHO SITS ON THE BED, AND SHORTLY AFTER RUBEN SITS WITH HIM.
Gausho: Hello. I'm happy to be here.
PAUSE
Ruben: Well. Good.
Gausho: For me it's very exciting to be here.
Ruben: It has been a long time, hasn´t it? How was it? We just heard you were coming a moment ago ...good, heh
Gausho: Good. Yes.
Ruben: Very good… you realize that you surprised us with your visit ... You came so suddenly, you know?
Gausho: If it was wrong that I came so suddenly ... I can go back.
PATO SITS WITH GAUSHO ON THE BED.
Ruben: Back to where?
PAUSE
Ruben: The last time I saw you I wore a size 34 ... now I wear a 41. What brings you here?
Gausho: I wanted to see you ... it really was an outstanding wish.
Ruben: You know how I used to say Dad? Ddddaaaadddd Daaaadddd MAKES A GAME WITH THE WORD So you cam back to say, surprise us with your visit. Is there something else? Some point you want to make?
Gausho: Yeah yeah ... there is an issue ... Dad ... Dad
Rubén: For fifteen years we don´t see you! Couldn´t you call? When you were growing up, when you became an adult…? Nothing?... no desires to call? It didn´t intrigue you? Excuse me, but it seems funny, heh…
Gausho: But…you didn´t call either.
Ruben and Pato: Us?
PAUSE
PATO BEGINS TO CRY, INCONSOLABLY
Ruben: Well! Here we are! What is the issue?
Gausho: As I said ... uh ... Dad
Ruben: And?
Gausho: He found ... always finding things, collecting ... but now he has to sell something ... it is very important to many people ... he thinks ...
Pato: Is he fat?
Gausho: Who?
Pato: Dad.
Gausho: Yeah he eats a lot ...Well, you are the heirs and have to sign ...
AFTER THE WORD ‘SIGN’ BOTH LOOK AT GAUSHO AND FOR A FEW SECONDS ARE FIXED ON HIM. RUBÉN RISES FROM THE BED.
Rubén: What do we have to sign?
Gausho: Some documents. It´s purely formal.
RUBEN STANDS
Gausho: He is very generous, so he expands. He really does love you ...
Ruben: So you come here for this ... HE IS SUDDENLY OVERFLOWING WITH ANGER, IT SURGES FROM HIM AS HE GESTURES WITH HIS ARMS What is happening to you? Will you tell me, please, what is happening? Filth! This is a filthy!
What's wrong? What are you doing here? Why, whyyyyy did you come here? You, and that pig of a father who is fat because he eats everything! This is why he is fat! He eats everything, everything, everything!! You came here! ... You present ... RUBEN FALLS TO THE FLOOR AND MOVES TOWARDS THE BED, MOVING LIKE HE IS A SUFFERING FISH OR SOMETHING SIMILAR. IT IS LIKE A STRANGE STRENGTH IS TRANSPORTING. WHEN HE REACHES THE BED, HIS CHEST INFLATES AND DEFLATES THREE TIME, LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER. HE ABANDONS THIS STATE AND STANDS WITH PRECISION.
Ruben: I willbe calm, because maybe you think I'm horrible, but I'm not horrible. I am surprised. And maybe you can explain it to me. You have to make me understand ... look, there is something that you still did not understand: you are not going to leave today. You hear me? You came through that door and now you have to give answers. Look at my brother! Look at how destitute he is! Look at the man! You did this! You did thisssss!!
Pato: CALMING DOWN Come here, Ruben. Sit down. Calm down.
Ruben: No, no no, I'm fine
Pato: STANDING FIRMLY Sit!
RUBEN SITS COMPLACENTLY. SILENCE. GAUSHO TAKES A FORM OF WOOD FROM HIS BAG SLIDESIT OVER THE FLOOR. THEY ARE ALL TRANSIXED LIKE CRAZY PEOPLE ON THIS "HEAD" THAT TRANSIXES THEM. PATO GENTLY PICKS IT UP AND STARES AT IT, SPELLBOUND.
Pato: It's beautiful…
HE THEN PUTS IT ON THE TOTEM, LIKE A HEAD. THE DOLL IS NOW COMPLETE. THEY ALL OBSERVE IT. THIS PROVOKES THEIR LAUGHTER. SLOWLY FALLING IN THE STATE OF LAUGHTER, THE LAUGHTER IS ECSTASY. THEY QUIET DOWN AND THEN REMAIN SILENT, OBSERVING THE NEW DOLL. A DEEP SORROW WELLS UP IN THEM. PATO TRIES TO GRAB THE HEAD, BUT GAUSHO REALICES THAT IT IS IN DANGER AND TAKES IT CAUTIOUSLY AND QUICKLY BEFORE PATO CAN. PATO TRIES TOUCH IT, BUT GAUSHO DOES NOT LET HIM. HE REPLACES IT IN HIS BAG.
Gausho: It is very delicate. HE GUARDS IT AND SITS ON THE BED. PATO FOLLOWS.
Gausho: You have to sign. BOTH LOOK AT HIM AND RETURN TO WHAT THEY ARE DOING. RUBEN TAKES THE RIFLES AND LEAVES.
Ruben: LEAVING I'm going to check on things.
PATO SITS SILENTLY OBSERVING GAUSHO. HE THEN STANDS RAPIDLY AND GOES TO THE DOOR, OPENING IT TO SEE IF RUBEN IS THERE.
Pato: You must not make him angry. Ruben is not bad. But if you're looking for trouble he will get bad. If I am here, I can control him…but if I am not here I cannot control him.
It's nice where you live. I went once, with friends ... Beautiful ...
Gausho: INTERRUMPTING HIM This attitude of Ruben´s…
Pato: Yes….?
Gausho: It can complicate things.
Pato: Mmmm… I can speak with him.
Gausho: Yeah, Yeah, Yeah… but Ruben, will sign? PAUSE It was an excuse to see you. I thought it would be different. I thought we would all be together. The three of us… STANDS Like when we were little boys hahaha…. HE BEGANS TO REMEMBER THEIR CHILDHOOD.
(THE FOLLOWING IS NOT TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE FOR THEATRICAL AESTHETICS. THE PORTUGUESE ADDS A MUSICALITY TO THE PIECE)
A gente não se desgrudava nunca, você lembra? Hahaha, saia correndo prá lá e pra cá Não parávamos um segundo. E a gente sempre quebrava alguma coisa, e ficava jogando a culpa um pro outro e no final. Eu lembro que vocês sempre colocavam umas coisas nas WITH ONE ARM EXTANDED ABOVE HIS HEAD AND TOUCHING HIS BACK, GAUSHO TURNS JERKINGLY IN CIRCLES A gente adorava brincar de luta, se batia o tempo inteiro GAUSHO PUNCHES PATO você lembra? PATO PUNCHES BACK E você era o mais forte e me deixava todo roxo HE SITS ON THE BENCH Lembro que você, pra mim, era como um ídolo HE STANDS UP AND PACES tinha algo de mítico nisso, você era com um totem HE PACES TO ONE SIDE AND TURNS, PACING TO THE OTHER SIDE E eu podia fazer qualquer cosia por você Eu imitava seus gestos, sua maneira de falar, agir eu tava conseguindo até que HE BECOMES HAPPY Teve um otro dia que a mãe nos trouxe umas camisetas. Eram três camisetas, uma de cada cor Tinha uma verde, uma azul e uma roxa Eu lembro que ganhei a azul Eu adorava azul, porque tinha algo de Super-herói nisso RUBEN ENTERS
Mas você tinha ganhado a roxa. E eu pensei, então, que queria a roxa! Haha tratava sempre de roubar sua camiseta para me sentir mais como você haha. E sempre culpava Rubén quando me descobriam. E foi aí que começou nossa comeptição estúpida entre irmão .Como um jogo de poder hahaha. Como pode ser três moleques. E pelo jeito continua sendo assim, não? Depois de tantos anos….
Ruben: COME INTO THE ROOM INTERRUMPTING THE MONOLOGE I oiled the rifles ...
Gausho: Are you planing to do something now? I would like to go with you. May be it will be like when we where little boys… IMPROVISES SOMETHING ELSE IN PORTUGUESE TO RUBEN.
RUBEN GRABS GAUSHO BY THE SHIRT AND DRAGS HIM TO THE FLOOR. HE BEGINS TO CHOKE HIM, AND PATO TRIES TO SEPARATE THEM. THEY FIGHT ON THE FLOOR LIKE PUPPIES A WHILE
Ruben: I accuse you! Filth! SUDDENLY, RUBEN RELEASES HIM
Rubén: Enough, enough, enough! It´s a game. We were playing! THEY SEPARATE
GAUSHO MOVES FAR AWAY
THEY LOOK AT EACH OTHER AS PATO HOLDS RUBEN BACK. GAUSHO BREAKS THE STARE.
Ruben: Do not like how we received you?! Your absence has cost us dearly, brother! I accuse you!!!!!
THE SILENT PHONE RINGS AGAIN. IT IS THE MOTHER.
Ruben: Hi Mom GAUSHO COMES NEAR TO TAKE THE PHONE Yes! Im Ruben! TO THE OTHERS: She recognized my voice! TO THE MOTHER: Yes ... Yes he arrived fine ... He is adjusting himself. Bye. TO GAUSHO: She says hello.
RUBEN STANDS IN THE CORNER, ABSORBED. PATO FOLLOWS AND LOOKS AT GAUSHO WHO IS SITTING ON THE BENCH. PATO RETRIEVES THE BOTTLE AND THE THREE GLASSES FROM EARLIER SCENE. HE TAKES THE BOTTLE TO RUBEN AND POURS TO DRINKS. THEY DRINK THEM QUICKLY. HE THEN TAKES THE BOTTLE TO GAUSHO AND THEY DRINK. RUBEN STARES INTENSLY AT PATO AND PATO UNDERSTANDS SOMETHING. HE SETS DOWN THE GLASSES AND THE BOTTLE AND SITS ON THE BED. PATO STANDS AND STARES AT THE DEER HEAD ON THE WALL. HE TAKES IT AND STANDS IN FRONT OF GAUSHO. HE TRIES TO PUT THE DEER HEAD ON GAUSHO BUT HE RESISTS. HE TRIES AGAIN AND AGAIN GAUSHO RESISTS.
PATO TO RUBEN: He does not want to wear the head.
RUBEN: What do you mean he doesn´t want to?!? Insist, come on!!
PATO TRIES AGAIN, AND GAUSHO RESISTS AGAIN. PATO TURNS BACK, VERY DISTURBED.
PATO: No. He doesn´t want it.
RUBEN: APPROACHING GAUSHO What´s going on Gausho? What´s going on brother? You cut me short!! You don´t realize? It´s perfect! It is you! ... We were missing someone…who could it be and then you arrived!
You are art! Come on, put it on. Come on, don´t complicate it for me, come on, slowly now...
RUBEN FORCES IT ON HIS HEAD AND THEY BEGIN TO WRESTLE. IT IS ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE HELP OF PATO. THE THREE SIT ON THE BED.
Gausho: WITH THE DEER HEAD ON. No, no no! HE CRIES.
Ruben: It is nothing unusual. It takes a little getting used to. There, you see?
Listen, you have to be worthy of this. There's an animal inside you, there is an animal in everyone. This is yours. When was the last time you ran? PAUSE. Well, now you're going to run, really run ... you're going to shake your legs with the tension of fright, you'll tense your ass and push and push on the accelerator and this adrenaline, for once in my life I want to feel that, to run for my life but I cant, I can´t and I don´t like it but it doesn´t matter, this is you, you showed up and it now makes sense, perfect sense!
Do you know what running for your life is? It is a privilege Brother, I am making you a man!
Who are you that you judge the dearly owned?
This is not to make you sad, raise your eyes, come on.
GAUSHO RAISES HIS HEAD, THE HEAD OF THE DEER, AND THE THREE REMAIN LOOKING FORWARD. PATO STANDS UP AND OFFERS THE TOY GUN TO GAUSHO.
Pato: Take it, it is not dangerous for you. You will feel my hand on your sholuder, follow me.
PATO PICKS UP THE TOTEM AND CARRIES IT IN ONE ARM. THE THREE MAKE A TRAIN AND TURN IN A CIRCLE.
Pato: Do not close the circle. Very good.
Rubén: To the left, to the left. Do not close the circle!
Pato: Another turn!
Ruben: Come on, turn!
Pato: Up here. There's the latch.
GAUSHO SEEKS THE DOOR WITH HIS HANDS, UNDOES THE LATCH AND OPENS THE DOOR
Pato: There it is. Get down, crouch!
Ruben: Crouch more!
Pato: A little more, turn to the side.
Ruben: Turn to the side, come on! TO PATO: Will you tell him?!
Pato: Yes! I am telling him! Can you not hear me? You are talking over me! Why are you repeating what I say? I am doing it!
THE THREE LEAVE, THE STAGE REMAINS EMPTY.
FROM A DISTANCE
Pato: Follow the line ... do not hurry!
Ruben: Let´s go! With rhythm, brother.
Pato: Be bold!
Ruben: Stay on the path!
Pato: Strength! Do not lose the rhythm.
Ruben: Improve your stride!
Pato: That's right! Great!
Ruben: Get into the woods! Get into the woods!
Pato: Nooo! Not the ... the path! Go back to the path!
Rubé: Grope for the ground!
Pato: What are you doing?!!
Ruben: Grope for the ground!!
Pato: Go back!
Ruben: Go back!
Pato: Go bacckkkkkk!
Ruben: Gausho nooo!
SILENCE.
RUBEN AND PATO RETURN, SHAKEN, WITHOUT GAUSHO. THEY SIT ON THE BED.
Pato: We say that he never came, that we never saw him here.
Ruben: The last time that mom called we said that he was fine.
Pato: Will she remember that? ... She doesn´t even remember your name.
Ruben: My name ... no but...
Pato: He came and went to get fresh air...
Ruben: INTERRUMPLTING HIM Then who did something to him?! He fell into a well. Personal negligence, I have nothing to do with this, I didn´t participate, I have nothing to do with it! Why did he come?! Okay, so just as he came he left, I did not see more of his face than that, for all I know he took a plane, the guy left you're not going to talk with anybody, you understand me ?????
After I called Mom ... we made a toast, he got homesick, he went for a walk in the countryside ... CRYING
What we do with a dead man? ... I have a ball in my stomach ... I said "grope for the ground, grope for the ground" ... CRYING, SITTING ON THE BENCH ... Didn´t dad used to say that he saw deeper than the rest of us? ... That he saw things that we didn´t? Look how it ended. He fell into a well.
RUBEN FALLS DRAMATICALLY ONTO THE BENCH
Pato: What are you doing Ruben?....STANDING UP Sit up! Sit up!!
RUBEN COMPOSES HIMSELF.
Ruben: Pato, come here. REACHED OUT HIS HAND.
PATO GOES TO HIM AND THEY STAND FACE TO FACE. RUBEN BRINGS PATO TO HIS SIDE WITH HIS ARM OVER HIS SHOULDER.
Ruben: I don´t feel good. I don´t feel good…
RUBEN LIES ON THE BED.
Ruben: I am burning...
Pato: I'm leaving. GOES TO THE DOOR.
Ruben: Give me your hand.
PAUSE. PATO HESITATES AND RETURNS TO TAKE HIS HAND.
Ruben: Stay with me, please, I beg you.
LONG PAUSE
PATO DROPS HIS HAND AND WALKS TO THE DOOR. HE LOOKS AT RUBEN FROM THE DOOR FOR A MOMENT AND THEN LEAVES.
Ruben: Pato, are you coming back?
SILENCE
Ruben: Pato, do you hear me?
STEPS ARE HEARD
RUBEN: Pato:? Is that you?
GAUSHO ENTERS. HIS FACE IS COVERED IN MUD, MAKING A MASK. HE THROWS A HANDFUL OF MUD ON THE FLOOR, LEAVING A STAIN. HE CROSSES THE STAGE TO THE BED WHERE RUBEN LAYS AND STANDS LOOKING DOWN AT HIM. HE SITS, PUTTING HIS HAND ON RUBEN´S CHEST. THIS CAUSES RUBEN TO CONVULSE, SPLASHING HIS HAND IN AND OUT OF A POT OF WATER ON THE FLOOR. THE POT MOVES BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE FLOOR WITH THE MOVEMENTS OF RUBENS HAND.
Ruben: Do you want me to sing to you? No, no, even better ... I will tell you a story, I will tell you something ...
GAUSHO COVERS RUBEN´S MOUTH AND FORCES HIM INTO A SEATED POSITION.
Ruben: Forgive me ... I ask you to forgive me, I am begging you! Have mercy on me, forgive me, forgive me please... (THIS IS REPEATED AT THE DISCRETION OF EACH FUNCTION)
RUBEN SITS AND COMPOSES HIMSELF INSTANTANEOUSLY.
Ruben: I am going to tell you something. A story. Would you like that? You can tell me if you don´t want to hear it…
Chancho chancho churro churro chancho
Chancho chancho churro churro chancho
That smell eh noooo ... ahhhh!
It penetrates, persistently, this stench!
RUBEN STANDS, PACING THE FLOOR AS HE TELLS HIS STORY, WITH DYNAMIC VOICES AND MOTIONS.
How to support the change? How do you know that what is, is?
What if there appears to be no other way?
He had to be seen, his stature, a distinction unparalleled, without compare.
Each step was the first and last, every step was an ode to accuracy.
I follow your steps, I said ...
He entered the hot sand, solemn and manly... pushing his “work cart” of advertisements, of things to sell...
He use to say to me, "Let them come to you kid, leave them to come to you," with that voice, with that certain voice of his.
Then he began his particular and delicate ritual, hammering the pole of the umbrella into the sand, opening the canvas of beautiful colors--green, white, black.
And the last thing ... the last thing was that hat, his charm, his peculiar fetish.
Ah! It was a crazy thing, he possessed such a knowledge that he was…a king! Wonderful!
How crazy for the love of god!
Churro churro pig pig! Ahhhh!
The song was the culmination, it was the aroma of paradise, overwhelming the beach.
One could see the captivation of the people; the rich, the poor, the proud, the submissive, the greedy-- all were one in that everything became a fixated desire, an uncontrollable wish for their tongues to make contact, and the tenor, the tenor took them to the climax; brought them to their knees!!! Piruliiines! Piruuliines!!
Ahhhhh!
Once the prey was in his reach it was only a matter of sitting and watching:
"How are you, my lady? Were you a beautiful girl by birth or did you study in school of the goddesses?
Hey Joe! Of course, I have saved you three, as always!
Come now, do not be surly! Take ten or you will not have enough! Do not resort to begging more later!
Helllooo! Champ! How´s it going? Here, look, here, look here, here, look, look here here, look here, yes, look how I can shape it, here, yes, I have kept it for you, here look here, yes, yes here, look here how it changes, here, here, for you, yes! ... Ah, now what is that face? You don´t like it? Take it, you are making me angry and you may never eat another pirulino from me again.
Make way for the pirulino man!!!!... Yes, of course my beast. I will give you the entire cart! No, it is no joke, I never joke my love…buy the elixir!"
Four here, five to the back, I collect your money then you pay me, don´t crowd!
Here four, there five, charged ... don´t crowd ...
Four ... then pay .... don´t crowd ...
Chanco. Churro, churro chancho...
RUBEN SITS BACK DOWN ON THE BED.
I don´t know when, I don´t know when I felt that smell, that disguised rot, if first it was the sound or the silence of that sinister arrival.
Brother, I immediately realized it was as if someone had stolen the air, a cold congealed the soul and nothing was the same.
The crowd was divided, torn between the fat and the beautiful pirulino.
The tenor, if only he contined with that tenor… but the battle was lost from the start.
He looked contrite, as if the churro was imposed on them, as if the fat was congealing in their crevices.
A new era had dawned ... resist!, I said, resist! He looked for me, he searched me, with the dejection of those that have lost who they are. He looked one more time at "The Happy Pig!" cart. This was the name of the new car. A dual door car, ten-cylinder engine, exhaust pipe with silencers, and dual output speaker that painted the ambience of unhappiness ...
Things change when they change. The invitation arrives and it is the beginning of the end.
"Want to try?" and it sounded like music, and raped him, raped his ears.
That sort of giant without a head.
The days passed and everything went down fast. The cart was lonely for hours-- sometimes the most faithful people had to steal to eat a pirulino. They looked on him with pity, in his sadness, his filth, getting fat ... "Take it, take it quietly," he said ... on the beach, things changed. It was windy, a wind from other distant seas ... Almost noone could see each other´s faces, the Happy Pig was pure success, some even coming from other resorts to take churros ... the plague, the plague .... Everything died: the fish, the sea lions, the men! If one could call them men...They were there, but they weren´t. The plague was of their minds.
It happened suddenly; the wind ceased and a landscape presented itself to me: the Happy Pig Brother was no more. "We went to The Happy Place. Come some day. H."
GAUSHO PULLS RUBEN´S HEAD INTO HIS LAP. HE PLACES HIS HAND ON RUBEN´S CHEST, AND ONCE AGAIN HE CONVULSES, HIS HAND SPLASHING IN THE POT ON THE FLOOR. HIS HAND TIPS THE POT AND HE ROLLS ONTO THE FLOOR. HE CONTINUES TO CONVULSE ON HIS BACK ON THE FLOOR. AFTER A TIME HE RELAXES, STARING AT THE CEILING.
Ruben: And the head?
Gausho: Which one? The deer?
Ruben: No, the other. That one, the one that you brought.
Gausho: Ah ... I left it. I left it in the mud. We don´t need it anymore.
THE LIGHT LOWERS
THE MUSIC STOPS
THE END
Translated by: Angelene Little
