Writing

Her name was Maria 

My mom's friend Maria 

La mariposa she says 

Soy la mariposa 

Because she spread her wings 

To the land of kings 

America was once known

For its promise

The American promise

That stated everyone was equal

No matter their race

Or gender

Now it’s known

(Lights lift up in hallway, WINNIE and BEA step out stage right while Rebecca comes out stage left)

WINNIE

Hey ‘Becca you wanna come to my place after school?

Verse 1
 I laugh too loud in the hallway
 So no one hears me think
 I say “I’m fine” like it’s nothing
 But I’m closer than you think

I wish I could go through a breakup.

I want to write sad poems

And listen to sad music

And cry in the dark

And scream into my pillow

I first began in the business of selling people when I sold a strange man in Jerusalem that I did not like for thirty silver pieces. Swaths of people flocked after him down into the precipice of the market.