"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...