#263 heat without light
act 1\n\nthe action passes under starlight and blankets. a room at winter night, dark but aglow from stars and a gibbous moon. under blankets oddly lefty noodles and twenty secrets lay apart, staring at a disappearing ceiling.\n\nlefty noodles (a beekeeper):\n\nthe ceiling recedes\nand we lie here apart\nyet together what is\nto be made of this\n\ntwenty secrets (a honey collector):\n\nwho are you and\nwhat am i or we all\nthis is a dream or a\nhopeless invention\n\nlefty noodles:\n\nstardust we are all\nglitter inside but no\ngold cold until the\ntouch reactor ignites us\n\nchorus:\n\nthe delirious event chain\nthe future impossible\nand the temperature drops\n\ntwenty secrets (moves close):\n\nstarlight is cold millions\nof years old most\ndead the rest dying\nonce we see it\u2019s too late\n\nlefty noodles (moves closer):\n\nthen why wait why wait\nevery day we waste\nwe drop away fate is a\nharlequin a mannequin\n\ntwenty secrets (closer still, now touching):\n\nall right let\u2019s ignite starlight\nof our own device heat\nwithout light but tonight we\ndance and dance again\n\nchorus:\n\nthe delirious event chain\nthe future regardless\nand the temperature rises\n\n(curtain) lefty noodles and twenty secrets fall asleep simultaneously dreaming, each in a universe of their own creation.\n\nepw 1.8.08 perrysburg, oh