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JESSA (looks up) It’s almost funny. F...

Jessa Barclay

One Empire, Under God

Anthony J. Piccione

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Character
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Young Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act 2, Scene 22
Time & Place
An abandoned Church near the outskirts of the Pentagon
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Mature Audiences (M)

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JESSA

(looks up)

It’s almost funny.

For me, this all just started out of teenage rebellion.

The idea that you should always question

everyone and everything.

That what my parents

and my government believe in

was completely contradictory

to the belief of loving thy neighbor and

looking out for one another,

which the holy book claimed was what you wanted.

I don’t HATE you.

I just hate the people who claim to represent you.

Who kill, who steal, who rape, who suppress,

all in the name of Jesus Christ.

The other revolutionaries wouldn’t like me saying it,

but I do love the idea of loving thy neighbor.

I wish that after you died,

there would be more to look forward to

with your loved ones in the afterlife,

but how can that be reconciled with Imperial law?

I’d rather burn forever for fighting for what is right

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