Monday, September 23, 2013

Play Fragment VII: "The Match Girl and the Stove Man"

             (Found on a pot by Mrs. Ho.  Pencil on Christmas card.)

MATCH GIRL:  I would sell all I own for [. . .]

STOVE MAN:  I demand your soul.

MATCH GIRL:  I cannot give what the [ . . .]

[STOVE] MAN:  Then I will take your family [. . .]

[ . . .] to chase her.  She hides in a p[. . .]

[STOVE MAN] (Cont’d):  I am us[ed? . . .]

[MATCH GIRL:?]  Jesus, I give my [. . .]