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the master:i was dreaming in the steam roomeverything was so clear for a minuteand i thought...and the dripping tiles and...and i say i'll confess everythingyes. i own this landi own these forests surrounding my...my estatethis is my tea comingeverything i can-i confessthe servant:bendnow i have the bendthe best i everplace the tea just sothen release and turnoh no not yetthen release then gobetter try againlooking at me he'swait til tomorrowdon't want him to knownext time he orders tearelease and turnturn and limp awayturn and limp awaythe maid:i was walking through the foreston my break todayi had this funny feelingsomething was going to changei was walking through the dry leavesit was very strangethey hadn't changed their colourall the leaves were greeni don't mind when it's overi don't mind when it's all doneit's just the moments in betweenjust before it's gonesomething's going to happensomething's going to changei know i know i know...the pantry:and when autumn comeswell, there's lots of work to dobill-that means youtime to clean the kettles and the pots on the wallpickling and preserving all the vegetablesstop kicking the applesare we pickling this year?yes-you know we areand when autumn comeswell, there's lots of work to dobill-that means youtime to get the twigs up-you know, all those stick thingstime to trim back the roses so next year even more growdoes it hurt them to do that?does it hurt them? no.(truck driver - francesco)and when autumn comeswell, deliveries start to gohere he is nowdown into the valley to the market he goesdown along the tiny roads that wind along the vineyardsand people lean on their rakes and they say hellohello there francescofrancesco there hellothe bird:(high sustain)a boy coming home from lessonanother boy:and those are my swans, believe me...there's no light.and there isn't because...it's so dark.because it's so dark.because it's so dark.the maid:i was walking through the dry leavesit was very strangethe leaves fell without changingno yellows and no redssomething's going to happensomething's going to changeand just then as i looked upi remembered what you saidi'm crying because i love youi know that things must changei can't be there when you leavewhat if you're afraidyou said something about the leavingthe moments in betweenthe yawning when the world shiftsthe clanging of the trainsand a dog sits up and growlsand a cow begins to bawland a nun nearby stops to listencross herself and then move oni was laughing in the foresti fell down in the leavesand i watched the trees above mecrossing in the breezei love the bare branchesi love the healing bellsthe bareness in the last sunthe greyness and the goldand a flock of geese flew overand i laughed harder stilli laughed til i was heavingthen everything was stillthe servant:bendnow i have the bendplace the tea just sothen release and turnoh not yetturn away then gobetter try againhe's looking at mewait until tomorrowdon't want him to knownext timetime he orders tearelease and turnturn and limp away...limp away just goturn away just gojust go...just go...just go...-------
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