Another couple of dozen demonstrators and observers hung around across Pine St. and down at the corner, waiting for something to happen. As luck would have it, the P.S.E. employees, alerted in advance about the demonstration, had been told to come in early and were already merrily working away buying and selling the earth for profit. In short, the demonstration was already a failure before it began. There are four others sporting the same bodypaint. The rest of the demonstrators look like spare change artists swept off Haight St. and teleported to the demonstration en masse.
Disheveled bum rushes up and catches green girl in bear hug.
Wait, he may be a demonstrator too. Hard to tell. Green people all hold hands and urge others to do same. One demonstrator dressed in suit and tie comes forward and dramatically rips his tie off. Two women and two men, all painted green, disrobe and make circle.