Dialogues
(Chorus)
“Humpty Dumpty sits on a wall,
Listens to a dialogue before the fall.”
(God)
“Words work an amusing way.
I only got t’ say t’ start the play.”
(God)
“When I’m old
I’ll make base metal gold.
Play the greatest story ever told.
Throw away Pilate’s washing bowl,
Shun cynical—— when I’m old.”
“I’ll hold all sheep in my fold,
Dispense the distracting manifold,
Let essence unfold by a blank paper
That is unrolled when I am old.
(Devil)
“Pray reveal the meaning of old
And reason for your delay.”
(God)
“Old is old, there’s no other way
Even I can portray.
Not even details succumb to pay,
Not even one.”
(Chorus)
As the voice trails away.
(Chorus)
And though the reason is faintly spoke
The Devil hears and laughs at the joke.
(Chorus)
Down below dialogue after the fall.
If you break it, it’s yours, all.
(Everywoman/Everyman 1)
“When I am old
I’ll drain my bath of gold.
Tell truth in a story, if truth be told.
Keep Pilate’s washing bowl
As souvenir before I was whole.”
“I’ll know each sheep’s name,
All essences, none the same.
Tell all that should be told”
Embrace the manifold.
(Everyman/Everywoman 2)
“Pray reveal the meaning of old
And reason for your delay.”
(Everywoman/Everyman 1)
“Prayer is not the way
To hear the say.”
But in a sun’s ray
I saw horror that stays
A sound as wind
A window does not let in:
(The sound as wind)
“Old is old
There’s no other way
Even I can portray.
Not even details succumb to pay,
Not even one.”
(Chorus)
As the voice trails away.
(Chorus)
And with it reason for delay
Unknown for all the rest of days.