Afterword, Act II: Scene 6. Ariae

S: Hmmm...

What do I call this?

A day... in my life

No...

A day in THE life

By...No...

What name should I use?

Who am I?

Ariae

I’ll be Ariae

Ajaramu and Ariae

Saw Mal and Lester

On their way downtown

C: Bring me a sandwich?

T: Goin’ downtown to see a man

Ain’t got time to shake your hand

S: Walked in the auditorium

Stub playing piano

Leo cleaning the office

Anthony sweeping

C: Ariae proceeded to the desk of the Rock

She told him

She was going to learn

His theories on notation

T: Get your own thing

You don’t need someone else’s

We’re not dealing with style

We’re dealing with music

C: You have your very own concert

Playing “Now’s The Time”

They snatch you right off the stage

Where’s your music?

Get yourself some music

This concert’s over!

S: Stub walks in

You people are really cleaning up!

ALL: We’re creating individuals

Not an assembly line

We can take anything

Make anything out of it

S: Anthony came down with his contrabass clarinet

T: Rock had his bass sax

C: Fonnie and Ariae sang and played piano

T: Man your hair is nappier than mine!

Where’s that big horn you got?

C: Watch what you say

Claudine’s copying everything

S: My name is Ariae

C: Better be cool

Gonna tell on yourself

You had a blonde wig

S: I don’t anymore

T: We started the day facing the East

What’s the faith here?

Is it Islamic?

C: That was for prayer purposes

The planet rotates to the East

When you face the East

You’re standing proudly

Life feeds out of the East

Into the West

It returns to the East

It returns home

It shows us each day

What we are here to do

Among many other explanations

There could be quite a few

Africa is a mixture of a lot of things

What’s important is not a physical homecoming

But a mental return

S: I’ve been happy all day

Painting

Writing

Composing

Playing

Poetry

Totally involved in art

Signed, Ariae