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Start: Sarah: I’m in a crisis.
David: What now?
Sarah: Feel. Feel the roots. (David feels the roots of Sarah;s hair) Growth, My perm is going at the roots...this has not happened to me since I was a child at summer camp.
[... .. ...]
End: Sarah: But you said he wasn’t a bad person. I heard you say it. And now you’re afraid. How is that supposed to make me feel?
David: It is my feeling, Sarah. You can’t hold me responsible for yours as well.
Nottage, Lynn, Crumbs from the Table of Joy and other plays, Theatre Communications Group, 2004, pp. 232-233.
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