Post by scriptamanent on Dec 2, 2010 7:25:31 GMT -5
The Longcase clock *theatrical prosetry*
-Look what I found behind the longcase clock...
-Oh my goodness! A toothbrush!
-We haven't moved the clock since we got here...
-But how come we didn't see it...
-How come nobody else saw it...
-It is not ours that's for sure.
-It probably belongs to the previous tenants.
-It strikes me, three years it has been there and nobody' s seen it,
although it is not that small to go unnoticed.
-Many people cleaned the house before we lived here.
-And so did we.
-Behind the clock all this time...
Adam picks up the toothbrush, extends his arm and examines it under the light.
-What should we do with it?
-Throw it away, he says to Eve.
-Think about it for a moment. Three years behind father's clock and
only now that the clock has stopped and we are going to have it
repaired, we discover it.
Adam as if speaking to himself says, -since it has gone unnoticed,
for three years, behind the clock, we found it.
-We have to respect it. The time that has passed was smiling at us.
They were happy years. It was as if the toothbrush was taking care of
the shiny smile of time...
-But the clock broke.
-The toothbrush got worn out, maybe time needs a new toothbrush.
-Why the hell are we talking about the toothbrush, the shiny smile of
time, whatever has got into us!
-Lately things are not as good as they used to be between us... then
the clock broke... and then we found this toothbrush.
-This is the first time you tell me something is wrong...
-I will put my toothbrush behind the clock when it is repaired. It
will take care of the shiny smile of time...
-And when the clock stops again? Will we replace it with another one?
-Yes!!
-And what are we going to do with this one? Are we going to throw it
away? Nobody needs it anymore, not time, not us.
-No!!
Eve snatches the toothbrush from Adam's hands, clasps it in both
of hers, closes her eyes as if she is praying and says:
-I will place it on father's tombstone.
-And the next toothbrush? Will you be littering father's tombstone
with toothbrushes?
Adam hugs her condescendingly.
Eve starts to cry. They never put the toothbrush were she said she
would, they never did any of the things they said they would do, and
time for them stopped smiling.
-Look what I found behind the longcase clock...
-Oh my goodness! A toothbrush!
-We haven't moved the clock since we got here...
-But how come we didn't see it...
-How come nobody else saw it...
-It is not ours that's for sure.
-It probably belongs to the previous tenants.
-It strikes me, three years it has been there and nobody' s seen it,
although it is not that small to go unnoticed.
-Many people cleaned the house before we lived here.
-And so did we.
-Behind the clock all this time...
Adam picks up the toothbrush, extends his arm and examines it under the light.
-What should we do with it?
-Throw it away, he says to Eve.
-Think about it for a moment. Three years behind father's clock and
only now that the clock has stopped and we are going to have it
repaired, we discover it.
Adam as if speaking to himself says, -since it has gone unnoticed,
for three years, behind the clock, we found it.
-We have to respect it. The time that has passed was smiling at us.
They were happy years. It was as if the toothbrush was taking care of
the shiny smile of time...
-But the clock broke.
-The toothbrush got worn out, maybe time needs a new toothbrush.
-Why the hell are we talking about the toothbrush, the shiny smile of
time, whatever has got into us!
-Lately things are not as good as they used to be between us... then
the clock broke... and then we found this toothbrush.
-This is the first time you tell me something is wrong...
-I will put my toothbrush behind the clock when it is repaired. It
will take care of the shiny smile of time...
-And when the clock stops again? Will we replace it with another one?
-Yes!!
-And what are we going to do with this one? Are we going to throw it
away? Nobody needs it anymore, not time, not us.
-No!!
Eve snatches the toothbrush from Adam's hands, clasps it in both
of hers, closes her eyes as if she is praying and says:
-I will place it on father's tombstone.
-And the next toothbrush? Will you be littering father's tombstone
with toothbrushes?
Adam hugs her condescendingly.
Eve starts to cry. They never put the toothbrush were she said she
would, they never did any of the things they said they would do, and
time for them stopped smiling.