American drama -- 20th century; Experimental fiction, American; Prose poems
Baby winks and holds me tight.
In the morning and the day and the evening and alway.
I hold my baby as I say.
Completely.
And what is an accent of my wife.
And accent and the present life.
Oh sweet oh my oh sweet oh my
I love you love you and I try
I try not to be nasty and hasty and good
I am my little baby's daily food.
Alsatia.
In the exercise of greatness there is charm.
Believe me I mean to do you harm.
And except you have a stomach to alarm.
I mean to scatter so you are to arm.
Let me go.
And the Alsatians say.
What has another prince a birthday.
Now we come back to the Schemmils.
Schimmel Schimmel Gott in Himmel
Gott in Himmel There comes Shimmel.
Schimmel is an Alsatian name.
Act II.
It is a little thing to expect nobody to sell what you give them.
It is a little thing to be a minister.
It is a little thing to manufacture articles.
All this is modest.
The Brother.
Brother brother here is mother.
We are all very well.
Scene.
Listen to thee sweet cheerie
Is the pleasure of me.
In the way of being hungry and tired
That is what a depot makes you
A depot is not for trains
Its for us.
What are baby carriages
Household goods
And not the dears.
But dears.
Another Act.
Clouds do not fatten with teaching.
They do not fatten at all.
We wonder if it is influence
By the way I guess.
She said. I like it better than Eggland.
What do you mean.
We never asked how many children over eleven.
You cannot imagine what I think about the country.
Any civilians killed.
Act II.
See the swimmer. He don't swim.
See the swimmer.
My wife is angry when she sees a swimmer.
Opening II.
We like Hirsing.
III.
We like the mayor of Guebwiller.
IV.
We like the road between Cernay and the railroad.
We go everywhere by automobile.
Act II.
This is a particular old winter.
Everybody goes back.
Back.
I can clean.
I can clean.
I cannot clean without a change in birds.
I am so pleased that they cheat.
Act 54.
In silver stars and red crosses.
In paper money and water.
We know a french wine.
Alsatian wine is dearer.
They are not particularly old.
Old men are old.
There are plenty to hear of Schemmel having appendicitis.
Scene II.
Can you mix with another
Can you be a Christian and a Swiss.
Mr. Zumsteg. Do I hear a saint.
Louisa. They call me Lisela.
Mrs. Zumsteg. Are you going to hear me.
Young Mr. Zumsteg. I was looking at the snow.
All of them. Like flowers. They like flowers.
Scene III.
It is an occasion.
When you see a Hussar.
A Zouave.
A soldier
An antiquary.
Perhaps it is another.
We were surprised with the history of Marguerite's father and
step-father and the American Civil War.
Joseph. Three three six, six, fifty, six fifty, fifty, seven.
Reading french.
Reading french.
Reading french singing.
Any one can look at pictures.
They explain pictures.
The little children have old birds.
They wish they were women.
Any one can hate a Prussian.
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