TE15 Lithuanian Honey Cake

Sjón

THE MAN/MALE CHOIR

“there were no signs of an entry into the white bone bowl,

a proof that many things will long remain a mystery to science ...”

THE THREE WOMEN surround the man, get control of his movements and steer him to the body/heap where they turn him again into a black bunraku puppet of fur, wood, iron.

as THE THREE WOMEN retreat with THE MAN into their pool of darkness we hear his last reply.

NARRATOR

now the traveling salesman from boston lies in a black oak coffin, dressed in an ankle length gown trimmed with black fur, under a heart-shaped flower of black iron ...

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