ACT II

IT'S HOT UP HERE
The strollers are still frozen in their poses.

DOT
It's hot up here.

YVONNE
It's hot and it's monotonous.

LOUISE
I want my glasses.

FRANZ
This is not my good profile.

NURSE
Nobody can even see my profile.

CELESTE #1
I hate this dress.

CELESTE M2
The soldiers have forgotten us.

FRIEDA
The boatman schwitzes.

JULES
I am completely out of proportion.

SOLDIER
These helmets weigh a lot on us.

OLD LADY
This tree is blocking my view.

LOUISE
I can't see anything.

BOATMAN
Why are they complaining?
It could have been raining.

DOT
I hate these people.

ALL
It's hot up here
A lot up here.
It's hot up here
Forever.

A lot of fun
It's not up here.
It's hot up here,
No matter what.

There's not a breath
Of air up here.
And they're up here
Forever.

It's not my fault
I got up here.
I'll rot up here,
I am so hot up here.

YVONNE
(to Louise)
Darling, don't clutch mother's hand quite so tightly. Thank you.

CELESTE #1
It's hot up here.

FRIEDA
At least you have a parasol.

SOLDIER, NURSE, YVONNE, LOUISE
Well, look who's talking,
Sitting in the shade.

JULES
(to Dot)
I trust my cigar is not bothering you-unfortunately, it never goes out.

SOLDIER
(to Companion)
It's good to be together again.

CELESTE #2
See, I told you they were odd.

CELESTE #1
Don't slouch.

LOUISE
He took my glasses

YVONNE
You've been eating something sticky.

NURSE
I put on rouge today, too...

FRIEDA
(to Boatman)
Don't you ever take a bath?

OLD LADY
Nurse! Hand me my fan.

NURSE
I can't.

FRANZ
At least the brat is with her mother.

LOUISE
I heard that!

JULES
(to Dot)
Do you like tall grass?

FRIEDA
Hah!

YVONNE
Jules!

BOATMAN
Bunch of animals...

DOT
I hate these people.

ALL
It's hot up here
And strange up here,
No change up here
Forever.

How still it is,
How odd it is,
And God, it is
So hot!

SOLDIER
I like the one in the light hat.

DOT
Hello. George.
I do not wish to be remembered
Like this, George,
With them, George.
My hem, George:
Three inches off the ground
And then this monkey
And these people, George-

They'll argue till they fade
And whisper things and grunt.
But thank you for the shade,
And putting me in front.
Yes, thank you, George, for that...
And for the hat...

CELESTE #1
It's hot up here.

YVONNE
It's hot and it's monotonous.

LOUISE
I want my glasses!

FRANZ
This is not my good profile.

CELESTE #1
I hate this dress.

CELESTE #2
The soldiers have forgotten us.

CELESTE #1
Don't slouch!

BOATMAN
Animals...

JULES
Are you sure you don't like tall grass

NURSE
I put on rouge today, too...

FRIEDA
Don't you ever take a bath?

SOLDIER
It's good to be together again.

OLD LADY
Nurse, hand me my fan.

DOT
It's hot up here.

YVONNE
It's hot and It's monotonous.

LOUISE
He took my glasses, I want my glasses!

FRANZ
This is not my good profile.

ALL
And furthermore,
Finding you're
Fading
Is very degrading
And God, I am so hot!
Well, there are worse things than sweating
By a river on a Sunday.
There are worse things than sweating by a river

BOATMAN
When you're sweating in a picture
That was painted by a genius

FRANZ
And you know that you're immortal

FRIEDA
And you'll always be remembered

NURSE
Even if they never see you

OLD LADY
And you're listening to drivel

SOLDIER
And you're part of your companion

LOUISE
And your glasses have been stolen

YVONNE
And you're bored beyond endurance

LOUIS
And the baby has no diapers

CELESTE #1
(to Celeste #2)
And you're slouching

CELESTE #2
I am not!

JULES
And you are out of all proportion

DOT
And I hate these people!

ALL
You never get
A breeze up here,
And she's (he's) up here
Forever.

You cannot run
Amok up here,
You're stuck up here
In this gavotte.

Perspectives don't
Make sense up here.
It's tense up here
Forever.

The outward show
Of bliss up here
Is disappear-
Ing dot by dot.
And it's hot!