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rain letters

 

 

                                      and the dog is me a successful collaborator. I think the thing to do is telephone the hotel. Robert: it's me again. the same room, 108, please. (pause. someone picks up the phone in 108) hello, it's me again.

                                                                                                    sincerely yours, Robert.

the electricity is disappointed in us. yet we wait. i'll read to you my manifesto and you read yours to me. Robert: “wait and take it literally.” Katherine : “I find waiting to be a continuous occupation.” Robert: “With this we satisfy the hunger.”

now we plunge into that play. Katherine: do you want to play? Robert: no I just want to practice my interactive skills with you. Sincerely yours, Robert. (pause) Robert: we stayed home yesterday even though you said let's don't and say we did. Katherine: it was a nice idea to have my dog here. Robert: hear what?

Dear Katherine,
         I don't want to wait.
Dear Robert,
         you are not waiting, i'm waiting.
                      snow or rain or wintry mix,
                      Katherine sincerely.

Robert: Dear Katherine, I have a creed.
[she asks where did you get it. (and where did you spend yesterday.)]
Robert: I didn't spend it I stayed in the hotel and read my writing

I see the seen and the seen sees me. [Robert reading it like a poem]
I see the scene and the scene is set.
We march forward and readjust the solution.

Dear Robert, do you remember that a pump can pump more than water? Robert says yes it is full of filling. Then he explains how dogs multiply with proper treatment. he signs off. In return he receives a form letter saying thank you so much for being so explicit, respectively yours, Katherine. p.s. now we hear sentences the kind without information.

Dear Robert we have been insane now we are better. we have learned to build a firebreak. Dear Robert I cannot sign myself sincerely yours. I forgive you there is nothing to forgive you are a nuisance. This is a list of my experiences, dear Robert. You are my ball but you just sit there. I cannot describe our loves I can only describe Peoria. How literally we screen. Her screens barricade they are curtains that let us take advantage of repetition. [She is screened and repeatedly. Katherine exits.]

Robert says he loves to read he loves to be very still.

i have reconciliation fantasies where Robert and dog etcetera come together knowing we are all falling out of love with Katherine. How easily we release images. How often do I scatter the seen. Every time. How often we go. how often can others be seen through your glasses. This is the room, sincerely yours, where it will won't happen again.

Dear Ms. Katherine Blue, you are the glue. Yours truly, Robert Milieu.

Where are we me and you? water makes wine on the vine. all dogs seen from a distance run. thank you for all that you are doing for me, love Robert. Katherine: I lean over the parapet I'm waiting for the messenger. [note: Katherine believes she is safe] i can see the fish need rain. Robert: you care for hair by cutting it. Katherine: just keep cutting. [pause] This is an excellent method for observing rain on fish.

Hotel: today is first May Day don't be afraid to stay

Katherine: how can you read a book? Robert: i go very slow and cover up the dog scratches. Dear Robert I do not disturb you. oh dear oh yes you do and unnecessarily. Katherine: I see you running from your room. I see a dog is it yellow or white.

 

 

 

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