her pantomime...

ACT II; SCENE V
[a dimly lit chamber]

[He stands across the wall; she enters]

play light
play shadow
a nexus of discrepancies

Two spoken
ambiguous words
Two souls
estranged and suspended on strings

Amidst
Union of light and shadow
words incoherent
actions persuasive

t'was a classic act
streaming ochre light
bounced off the glistening tear
shadow on the wall
held it's back to the light

[Aside] a mute mime
suffering passion
momentary lapse of compassion

Pause.

Was it an applause?
Was there going to be an epilogue?

At
the travesty of their distress
A painful parody of her feigned existence
Mockery had her last laugh

The strings snap
Silhouettes dissolve
words-obscure
actions-absent

shadows fade
ochre turns ginger
light extinguished

He stood soul-stripped. numb.

The curtain drops
She weeps silently

[exeunt]