Jan 2018
Masters
Of illusion
Is that a ——
I see before me?
Or glue-gun
Construction
**** death camp ledger?
Oh! kay…
Guns, too?
******* battering ram?
And swords and helmets?
Ok.
We are making
A redwood grove?
A spiral galaxy?
A multi-platform space
Suggesting the
Heinous oppression of…
And what is in their hands?
What thing belongs there?
The colors again?
Hey, Mikki,
I miss you
And the work.
Of illusion
Is that a ——
I see before me?
Or glue-gun
Construction
**** death camp ledger?
Oh! kay…
Guns, too?
******* battering ram?
And swords and helmets?
Ok.
We are making
A redwood grove?
A spiral galaxy?
A multi-platform space
Suggesting the
Heinous oppression of…
And what is in their hands?
What thing belongs there?
The colors again?
Hey, Mikki,
I miss you
And the work.
Mikki and I were property masters for the Humboldt State University Theatre Arts Department for a few years a long time ago. The shows referenced are, in reverse order, (everything else) In Pursuit of the Song of Hydrogen, Redwood Curtain, Lysistrata, and a student play about Raol Wallenberg. And the play whose name remains…
