"DEATH OF A PLAY"
THE HEADACHE
AND INSOMNIA
THE HEADACHE
AND INSOMNIA AGAIN
THE HEADACHE
AND INSOMNIA
AND BAD ACTORS
AND VERY BAD ACTORS
THE HEADACHE
AND INSOMNIA
AGAIN
AND AGAIN
THE PLAY WAS NEVER HEARD
THE PLAY WAS NEVER FELT
THE PLAY WAS NEVER UNDERSTOOD
THE HEADACHE
AND INSOMNIA
AT NIGHT
THE NOISE
THE NOISE
THE NOISE
THEY MADE A LOT OF NOISE
THE ACTORS
I REMEMBER THAT
THE NOISE
THAT NOISE CAME INTO THE HOUSE
THAT NOISE CAME INTO THE BEDROOM
THAT NOISE CAUSED THE HEADACHE
THAT NOISE CAUSED THE INSOMNIA
NOTHING WAS HEARD
BUT NOISE
NOTHING WAS FELT
BUT NOISE
NOTHING WAS UNDERSTOOD BUT NOISE
NO LINE FROM THE PLAY WAS MEMORABLE
NO FEELING FROM THE PLAY WAS FELT
NO REFLECTION UPON THE SUBJECT MATTER STIRRED ANYTHING
NOTHING WAS FELT
NO LINE MADE US SAD
NO LINE MADE US HAPPY
NO LINE MADE US EXCITED
NO LINE CAME OFF AS FUNNY
NO LINE WAS REMEMBERED AFTER THE SHOW
NOTHING WAS FELT
HEADACHE?
YES
A SEVERE HEADACHE
AND INSOMNIA?
YES
PERMANENT INSOMNIA THROUGHOUT
NO URGENCY IN THE DELIVERY
NO EFFECTIVE CADENCE
NO EFFECTIVE SPEED
NO EFFECTIVE EMOTIONAL LEVELS
NO EMOTIONAL LEVEL AT ALL
JUST NOISE
A LOT OF NOISE
NOT EVEN SHOUTING
JUST NOISE
A LOT OF NOISE
THAN IT WAS OVER
NO FEELING OF THE WORDS
THE ACTORS DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE SAYING
THE ACTORS DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE SAYING
THEY WERE JUST SAYING SOMETHING
BUT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE SAYING
NOISE
JUST NOISE
A LOT OF NOISE
AND THEN IT WAS OVER
BUT WHY THE HEADACHE
AND INSOMNIA?
WHY DID THAT LAST FOR SO LONG?
WHY THE HEADACHE, THE NAUSEA, THE PAIN
KEPT BURNING IN MY BRAIN?
BECAUSE I FELT FOR THE MUTILATION OF THE WORDS
BECAUSE I FELT THE MURDER OF THE WORDS
BECAUSE I FELT THE DEMISE OF THE WRITTEN WORD
MADE INTO A DEMISE BY THE BAD SPEAKER CALLED, "AN ACTOR"
SHAME ON THE ACTOR
SHAME ON THE ACTOR
SHAME ON THE ACTOR
WHO MURDERED WORDS
WHO MADE THE WORD BLEED
WHO STABBED THE WORDS
THE WORDS BEGGED TO BE HEARD
THE WORDS BEGGED AND BEGGED AND BEGGED
BUT THE ACTOR SUFFOCATED IT
THE ACTOR SWALLOWED IT UP
THE ACTOR CHOKED ON IT
THE ACTOR SPIT IT OUT
THE ACTOR WAS NOT REALLY AN ACTOR
AND THE WRITER OF THOSE WORDS?
THE WRITER OF THOSE WORDS WAS A POET
THE SORROW OF THE DEATH OF HIS WORDS KILLED THE AUTHOR
THE AUTHOR IS NOW DEAD
HIS WORDS ARE STILL NOT BEING HEARD
THE POET IS NOT NEEDED
ITS A MARKET OF NOISE
NOISE AND NOISE AND NOISE
THEN YOU GO TO A NOISY RESTAURANT
AND EAT AND EAT AND EAT
WITH THE MONEY YOU STOLE FROM THE POET
THE POET WHO DIED OF SORROW
HIS WORDS WERE TOO PRECIOUS FOR AN ORDINARY EAR
AND THERE WERE ONE BILLION ORDINARY EARS
HIS WORDS WERE TOO PRECIOUS FOR ORDINARY MOUTHS
AND THERE WERE BILLIONS OF ORDINARY MOUTHS UTTERING THOSE PRECIOUS WORDS.
THE POET NEVER HEARD HIS WORDS SPOKEN
WITH A RIGHT KIND OF FEELING
OR WITH ANY KIND OF FEELING
WORDS HAD NO MEANING FOR THE ACTOR
THE ACTOR WAS NOT A POET
AND HE WAS A BAD ACTOR
SO HE COULDN'T BECOME A POET
NOT EVEN FOR A SHORT WHILE
NOT EVEN FOR A SHORT WHILE ON STAGE
HE WAS NEVER A POET IN HIS REAL LIFE
HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND POETRY
AND HE WAS SUPPOSED TO RECITE POETRY
THAT WAS A MISTAKE
A BIG MISTAKE ON THE PART
OF WHOEVER HIRED HIM
IT WAS NOT HIS FAULT
HE WAS NEITHER A POET
NOR AN ACTOR
HE WAS HIRED FOR BOTH
THE ROLE OF THE ACTOR
AND THE ROLE OF THE POET
THE CASTING DIRECTOR SHOULD BE FIRED
THE DIRECTOR SHOULD BE FIRED
ACTOR SHOULD BE FIRED
PRODUCER SHOULD BE FIRED
FOR NOT PAYING
THUS FORCING THE POET TO HIRE NON POETS
THEY ALL SHOULD BE BANNED FROM THE STAGE
THEY ALL SHOULD BE BANNED FROM RECITING POETRY
BANNED FOR LIFE
THE POET DIED OF THE SORROW
SORROW OF WATCHING THE DEATH OF HIS PLAY
DEATH OF HIS PLAY AND ITS POETRY
AND THAT'S ALL HE HAD
JUST THE POETRY
HE DIDN'T HAVE A SET
HE DIDN'T HAVE SPECIAL EFFECTS
HE DIDN'T HAVE MUSIC,
MUSIC WAS IN HIS POETRY
HIS POETRY WAS KILLED
THAN THE POET DIED
THE POET DIED OF SORROW...
HIS WORDS WERE NEVER HEARD...
