by Dafne Cholet via Flickr Creative Commons

by Dafne Cholet via Flickr Creative Commons

A woman sits, center stage.

She is surrounded by towers of stacked books, as far as the eye can see.

One tome is open in her lap, and she reads and highlights.

Occasionally she takes off her glasses to rub her eyes, or stands to stretch before returning to sit cross-legged, reading.

Exhausted, she closes the book and tosses it to the side.

It hits one of the towers, knocking it over. This creates a chain reaction until she is no longer visible to the audience.

Only piles of books in disarray.

An audible sigh is heard.

Lights out.

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