Excellent a one-scene script C. C. Cane and Moot by Bill Schott The First Date contest entry

The scene opens on a cluster of blooming tea roses, located on a bush in the shade of a boxelder tree. A walking stick appears from under the left side of the pink petals and is greeted by a praying mantis. Praying Mantis (PM): Well, if it isn't C.C. Cane. Walking Stick (WS): Reverend. Do you go by that still, or are you Miss Mantis? PM: I'm nonbinary, so I would prefer you call me Moot. WS: Moot? PM: Yes? WS: Right, well, listen. I am still the stick I have been my whole life. PM: Well, look, Stick, I live two years and you live six months. I have lived three of your lives already. I have seen and done it all. After all of that, I just want to be left alone.  WS: Okay, okay. You don't have to bite my head off.  PM: As if. You should be so lucky. I only, well, I used to chew the heads off my many lovers. Then I saw the light, converted, and gave all that up.  WS:  Have you left the order now? Are you back on the prowl?  PM: I have actually decided to give the secular life one more shot before my time is over. WS: Well, I might have one more boogie in me if you want to go at it. PM:  You've got some stick-to-it-ive-ness. You're no stick-in-the-mud. Sticks and stones- well- I guess that's enough banter. WS: Yeah.Let me stick it to ya. PM: Aren't you fresh. Yes -- so very fresh. The End Author Notes Image from Google

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