Transitional Objects
A ONE ACT PLAY IN PANTOMIME
Each is taken from its place
stuffed in an attic bin:
Noseless rabbit, matted monkey,
Mouse Queen crowned
in gold foil gone dull,
I pat them smooth.
I pin a row of papers,
like soldiers, on a wall.
With encrusted brush and paint,
put the mimes to paper,
disguise them a myself,
make them mine.
I am a wind-up toy,
dancing ‘til the time is done…
then, wound up, begin again.