cherries
a poetic drama
3 min readJul 6, 2023
BLACK SCREEN
SOUTHERN LAWYER voiceover
He was robbed. Not of pennies
but of possessions. The privilege to possess.
(we hear his fist slamming on wood)
He was robbed!
(he pauses, in a hushed tone)
Of cherries.
FADE IN
BEDROOM: A small, dark, wood paneled bedroom in a single-wide 80’s model mobile-home. The TEEN GIRL, 18, is laying in an oversized, ornate wood carved four-poster bed after being coerced into having…