Monday, October 1, 2012

"Milky Way" by Westward Ho

            (A backdrop of painted butcher’s paper, streaky black with glitter stars.  In front
            of it, a lovely stream flows over a black cloud of crumbly papier-mâché.  The
            stream is gorgeous---an icy twist of shiny silver and pearly white.  A little ELF
            puppet jumps on the scene.  It is a mimeographed image, colored in crayon and
            cut poorly from paper, affixed to the end of rakeless rake.  The ELF skates down
            the frozen stream.)

ELF
SKATING DOWN THE MILKY WAY,
STRETCHED FROM FINITE LAND TO SPACIOUS SEA.
SKATING DOWN THE MILKY WAY.
DRINK THE DRINK AND FLY AND SKATE WITH ME.

            (The noise of blades on ice.)

            THE END