Goodbye, Love

[perididdle]

The PRINCIPALS emerge from the church.)

MIMI (to ROGER)
It's true you sold your guitar and bought a car?

ROGER
It's true -- I'm leaving now for Santa Fe
It's true you're with this yuppie scum?

BENNY
You said you'd never speak to him again

MIMI
Not now

MAUREEN
Who said that you have any say
In who she says things to at all?

ROGER
Yeah!

JOANNE
Who said that you should
Stick your nose in other people's ...

MAUREEN
Who said I was talking to you?

JOANNE
We used to have this fight each night

MARK
Calm down

JOANNE
She'd never admit I existed

MARK
Everyone please!

MIMI
He was the same way -- he was always
"Run away -- hit the road
Don't commit" -- you're full of shit

JOANNE
She's in denial

MIMI
He's in denial

JOANNE
Didn't give an inch
When I gave a mile

MARK
Come on

MIMI
I gave a mile

ROGER
Gave a mile to who?

MARK & BENNY
Come on guys chill!

MIMI & JOANNE
I'd be happy to die for a taste of what Angel had
Someone to live for -- unafraid to say I love you

ROGER
All your words are nice Mimi
But love's not a three way street
You'll never share real love
Until you love yourself -- I should know

COLLINS
You all said you'd be cool today
So please -- for my sake...
I can't believe he's gone
(to ROGER) I can't believe you're going
I can't believe this family must die
Angel helped us believe in love
I can't believe you disagree

ALL
I can't believe this is goodbye

MAUREEN and JOANNE look at each other.)

MAUREEN
Pookie...

JOANNE
Honeybear...

(They embrace.)

JOANNE
I missed you...
MAUREEN
I missed your smell...

JOANNE
I missed your mouth...Your...

(They kiss, but MAUREEN pulls away.)

MAUREEN
Ow!

JOANNE
What?

MAUREEN
Nothing, Pookie.

JOANNE
No, baby, you said ow...What?

MAUREEN
Well, you bit my tongue...

JOANNE
No, I didn't.

MAUREEN
You did -- I'm bleeding.

JOANNE
No, it isn't...

MAUREEN
I think I should know

JOANNE
Let me see--

MAUREEN
She doesn't believe me!

JOANNE
I was only trying to...

(They laugh, hug, and wave goodbye, exiting stage right. The PASTOR from the church emerges on the above.)

PASTOR
Thomas B. Collins...

COLLINS
Coming.

(The PASTOR exits above and COLLINS exits into the church. BENNY stands off to the side as MIMI approaches ROGER, who turns away. She hesitates before leaving with BENNY. ROGER and MARK are left alone.)

MARK
I hear there are great restaurants out west

ROGER
Some of the best. How could she?

MARK
How could you let her go?

ROGER
You just don't know ... How could we lose Angel?

MARK
Maybe you'll see why when you stop escaping your pain
At least now if you try -- Angel's death won't be in vain

ROGER
His death is in vain

(MIMI reappears up left, in the shadows. She overhears ROGER and MARK's conversation.)

MARK
Are you insane?
There so much to care about
There's me -- there's Mimi

ROGER
Mimi's got her baggage, too

MARK
So do you

ROGER
Who are you to tell me what I know, what to do

MARK
A friend

ROGER
But who, Mark, are you?
"Mark has got his work"
They say "Mark lives for his work"
And "Mark's in love with his work"
Mark hides in his work

MARK
But from what?

ROGER
From facing your failure, facing your loneliness
Facing the fact you live a lie
Yes, you live a lie -- tell you why
You're always preaching not to be numb
When that's how you thrive
You pretend to create and observe
When you really detach from feeling alive

MARK
Perhaps it's because I'm the one of us to survive

ROGER
Poor baby

MARK
Mimi still loves Roger
Is Roger really jealous
Or afraid that Mimi's weak

ROGER
Mimi did look pale

MARK
Mimi's gotten thin
Mimi's running out of time
Roger's running out the door

ROGER
No more! Oh no!
I've gotta go

MARK
Hey, for somebody who's always been let down
Who's heading out of town?

ROGER
For someone who longs for a community of his own,
Who's with his camera, alone?
(ROGER takes a step to go, then stops, turns.)
I'll call
I hate the fall
(ROGER turns to go and sees MIMI.)
You heard?

MIMI
Every word
You don't want baggage without lifetime guarantees
You don't want to watch me die
I just came to say
Goodbye, love
Goodbye, love
Came to say goodbye, love, goodbye

MIMI
Just came to say
Goodbye love
Goodbye love
Goodbye love
Goodbye!

ROGER
Glory
One blaze of
Glory
Have to find...

(ROGER exits. BENNY returns. MIMI steps away.)

MIMI
Please don't touch me
Understand
I'm scared
I need to go away

MARK
I know a place -- a clinic

BENNY
A rehab?

MIMI
Maybe -- could you?

BENNY
I'll pay

MIMI
Goodbye love
Goodbye love
Came to say goodbye, love, goodbye
Just came to say
Goodbye love
Goodbye love
Goodbye love
Hello disease

(MIMI runs away.)

Yeah. That whole scene. Angel had just died (*sob. sob. sob.*) and Roger found out that Benny and Mimi had gotten together I guess. Or Roger did his own thing, and things got tough and confusing and he had to leave. The rest of that scene is Collins getting thrown out of the church and Benny paying for the funeral. It's a good scene. The song is depressing. Trisha sings along with it occasionally.


COMPANY
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred moments so dear
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure -- measure a year?

In daylights -- In sunsets
In midnights -- In cups of coffee
In inches -- In miles
In laughter -- In strife

In -- Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure a year in the life?

How about love?
How about love?
How about love?
Measure in love

Seasons of love
Seasons of love

SOLOIST #1
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Journeys to plan
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure the life
Of a woman or a man?

SOLOIST #2
In truths that she learned
Or in times that he cried
In bridges he burned
Or the way that she died

ALL
It's time now - to sing out
Tho' the story never ends
Let's celebrate
Remember a year in the life of friends

Remember the love
Remember the love
Remember the love
Measure in love

SOLOIST #1
Measure, measure your life in love

Seasons of love ...
Seasons of love

Emi played around with the song book and was able to play that well enough on her guitar (it's a piano/keyboard song) that you could tell what it was. And she started to play it on the way home (I think the muses have an auto-pilot RV or something to get them home lol) and Trish, who was just like staring out the window, sang alone until 'how about love?' and other muses joined in. It was fun. A tad depressing, but fun.

Speaking of my Trishy...she's holding up. Her and Morca (and I think Dria showed up along the way, and well Jules. We love her so much. Yeah, we don't love you Dria. LOL. Okay, yes, we do.) went out for a girls night out on Friday. It was the only time Trish was allowed to have alcohol since the break up, and then it was just like two martinis, and she wasn't too bad when they left and just kinda walked around Times Square, talking. Trish avoided Drake and Eph the whole time as best as she could, but it got difficult at certain times. She didn't get hissy around him, just kind of shuddered and got away quickly.

At one point, though, all of us were walking down the street yesterday night and it was really cold and Trish had forgotten her coat in the hotel room. Drake looked over and kind of shrugged off his leather coat and offered it to her. Trisha just glanced at it, swallowed and jerked away and walked near the back of the group. Morca glanced back and forth between them and Trish started muttering in French, and then she turns to Morca and says (in English) "I can't take the damn coat, Morca. It's just a coat, but ten years of being around it...god, Morca, I don't want to love him anymore." It was classic Trish disconnected subjects, but...well okay it works a bit. But it was sad, she kind of whimpered during the last sentence and closed her eyes and well DAMNIT.

Yeah. Sigh. These are long LJ entries now. Fun.

-Maddy