Buried waist-deep, Winnie is under a vibrant light and surprisingly it is a bell that awakens her, not the light blazing. Winnie begins every day with prayer and this day is no different. She prattles to herself constantly, never quiet. She has a drink and prattles, brushes her teeth and prattles, puts on her hat and prattles. She then wakes up her husband who cannot be seen behind the mound she is buried in. Sometimes he listens but most of the time her prattling washes clean over him. When he does speak it is to read out headlines from his newspaper. Winnie believes them to be copacetic, like yin and yang; her husband's reticence allows her the luxury of talking incessantly. The highlight of her day is getting a response out of him.
She delves into the large black back beside her and pulls out a revolver which she remembers taking away from Willie earlier at his request. She sets it down on the ground before putting up a sun parasol. She intends that it will protect her from the sun but it catches fire. Delving into her bag once more, she finds a music box, and Willie sings along. When Winnie gets ready for bed she tells Willie the best way of crawling back into his own hole but she secretly yearns for him to relocate to somewhere in her field of vision.
In Act Two, Winnie has become buried more deeply, now up to her neck. She still has her hat on though, and the bag and revolver are still beside her in the same place as before. Every time she falls asleep the bell rings. Willie has stopped answering her. She still prattles but is interrupted when Willie appears, dressed in the same way he was when he proposed. She sings the song from the musical box to him, offering him a love song.
