Picaro & Barbara, The Musical
Cast of characters:
Movie the narwhale
Picaro, the feral pig
Barbara
The setting:
A wading pool in the Joshua Tree Forest, next to a tree named Joshua.
Picaro and Joshua sing and dance about a twirling Barbara. Movie accompanies the frolicking with his musical tusk.
Picaro: Ciao, baby. Yo llama el Que Pasa Pig!
Movie: Stop speaking Squid. You ain’t doing it right.
Barbara: Oh, but I love Picaro’s atrocious French accent!
Laughter erupts from surrounding trees.
Joshua sniggers weakly and topples due to a violent termite infestation.
Joshua: Ahhhh…
Movie: Hey, what’s his problem? No shade!
Picaro: Ciao baby. Burrito! Asta yo mamma, bueno nachos!
Barbara: titter.
Picaro: Hey, get your own girl, you ******* pigs!
Silence, the irony is too obscure for the trees.
Barbara: Oh, Picaro, you are so vulgar.
She sings of springtime and pollen.
Barbara cries and flings herself into the arms of a waiting Joshua tree.
Curtains close.
