The Mastery
Of The Witchdoctor
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| Witchdoctor experiencing the city |
NARRATOR
The Witchdoctor conjures up
a real time energy force
about the city
where the two Husbands work.
In and out of straight folds
of buildings
he sees or feels numbers
creep; numbers
that are somehow associated
with the two men.
And, by knowing about these
few numbers -
by seeing them in his
trance-like reveries
(the very numbers that mean
so much to the two men;
that seem to, practically,
drive them along their way)
the Witchdoctor can find out
how to power
the two men’s dead centers
out of the building
to up on top of the roof!
(The Two Wives watch the
Witchdoctor bending warmed-up twigs
into number shapes)
TWO WIVES
Look at those homely twigs
he’s frying
and blackening
and fashioning into tiny
little numbers
like pretzels, ready to
shove
inside his building model
through the windows.
And, especially, into our
husbands’ office!
Into the warm, soft clay a
little number goes,
like into a large cake
to be a surprise.
To generate a force coming
from inside the building
to affect our two husbands
at their work.
And can we see the results?
Not here. How?
He is a strange one
doing silly things
but I hope he succeeds.
Yes, in moving our husbands
out of doors
away from the office
to come save us here.
But we’re not stuck here,
are we?
They can save us wherever we
are!
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| Witchdoctor twisting numbers out of sticks - Wives watch in consternation |
WITCHDOCTOR talking to
himself
about the miniature
numbers and how they work,
I make a large city cake to
be putting
the Two Husbands’ work load
in -
with these branches
born into a special shape
through my hands.
(He holds up a home-made
number)
Here are the special shapes
of the Husbands’
risk-taking,
life-transforming wagers
and their special deals.
All so certain, so special!
I will move them!
The tree shapes have my
knowledge
and my voice; and they’re
going to move up
and get up, maybe light up,
get big with space
and dance about,
significantly but harmlessly,
to take the Husbands
flirtatiously with girls’ smiles
(so like their wives’
smiles) out of their offices.
NARRATOR
A blackened twig number
ranted and chanted over
carefully
and made to be a surprise
for the Two Husbands;
made ready to move
and to buoy them up
where they are stuck in their work.
The Witchdoctor’s stick
numbers will have an effect!
