American drama -- 20th century; Experimental fiction, American; Prose poems
With me.
PART XXXVII.
ACT I.
Count her dresses.
ACT II.
Collect her dresses.
ACT III.
Clean her dresses.
ACT IV.
Have the system.
PART XXXVIII.
ACT I.
She polished the table.
ACT II.
Count her dresses again.
ACT III.
When can you come.
ACT IV.
When can you come.
PART XXXIX.
ACT I.
Breathe for me.
ACT II.
I can say that.
ACT III.
It isn't funny.
ACT IV.
In the meantime.
PART XL.
ACT I.
Can you say.
ACT II.
What.
ACT III.
We have been told.
ACT IV.
Oh read that.
PART XLI.
ACT I.
I do not understand this home-coming.
ACT II.
In the evening.
ACT III.
Naturally.
ACT IV.
We have decided.
ACT V.
Indeed.
ACT VI.
If you wish.
I LIKE IT TO BE A PLAY
A PLAY
I liked it to be a play and so cleverly spoken.
Americans are very clever.
So are others.
Yes indeed.
And all men are brave.
Scene I.
Satisfy.
I like to satisfy them.
He likes purses.
You mean silver purses.
Yes gold purses.
Here they have other purses.
All of them are carried in a procession.
Every day.
Not all day.
The martyrs and red carnations.
You mean red geraniums.
No I mean red pinks.
Purses have that word.
Please me.
To please me.
Called me.
She expected a distress.
Daughters.
Or daughters.
The youngest as children
One's said.
Verdun.
We close.
Here.
Stables or motors.
Stables altogether.
Did we know anything about houses in Mallorca.
Scene II.
So you were pleased with me.
Scene III.
Able men. What do you intend to do today.
I have planned to telegraph for an answer,
Oh yes.
What have you said to them.
I said I was delighted with the photographs.
Scene IV.
Will you be sorry to leave Mallorca.
You mean the island.
The sun.
Or the people.
A great many people dislike the people.
Scene V.
Fifth Avenue in Spanish.
Fifth Avenue in Spanish.
Did you say water.
War water.
I have heard it said that a great many people expected another.
One another.
To be one another.
To be fought.
Do not say bright.
It is not a bright day.
Scene VI.
Have we gone so far indeed have we gone so far.
Scene VII.
Don't make a mistake and lose any leaves.
Classes.
Memory classes.
Don't go so far and lose any leaves.
We were really pleased with the leaves. We were really not pleased with
the leaves.
I was very pleased with the leaves.
Scene VIII.
You were astonished by me.
All of us complain.
You were astonished by me.
Don't you understand trying.
Don't you understand trying to stammer.
No indeed I do not.
Scene IX.
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