(Lights come up on loft.)
ROGER
Where are you going?
MARK
Maureen calls…
ROGER
You’re such a sucker!
MARK
I don’t suppose you’d like to see her show in the lot tonight?
(ROGER shrugs.)
Or come to dinner?
ROGER
Zoom in on my empty wallet.
MARK
Touche. Take your AZT.
Close on Roger
His girlfriend April
Left a note saying “We’ve got AIDS”
Before slitting her wrists in the bathroom
I’ll check up on you later. Change your mind. You have to get out of the house.
(He exits.)
ROGER
I’m writing one great song before I…
