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[0004] birth into the this world ... this world ... of a small tiny
baby boy or girl in a small ... what? ... girl? ... [⁁]vast place ......
xxx pllace ... birth then into this ... [⁁]vast place of a tiny
a small baby girl in a small place hole in the lowlands on the coast
by the name of named in the downs bog
named ... what? .. the xxx xxx downs?
no ... no! ... the downs bog! ... small hole in
the downs bog named ... named ... no matter ...
[0005] to parents unknown ... he having vanished
into thin air months after into thin air no sooner
done his devilish work and she similarly nine
months later almost to the minute ...
[0006] no love then
such as usually normally lavished on the newborn ...
in the home ... nor indeed for that matter any
of any kind at any subsequent time ... usual
affair then ... nothing particular to note worthy of mention ...
[0007]
till coming up to sixty this ... what? ...
sixty-five? ... my God ... coming up to 65 ...
walking in a field with her my youngest grandchild
looking searching for cowslips to make a ball ... when suddenly
all went out ... all that [⁁]early April morning light ...
and she I found hermyself in the dark ...
[0008]
without
feeling as it were of any kind and if not
exactly insentient ... insentient for she I
could still hear the buzzing in her my ears ...
so loosely [⁁]so called ... and a ray of light came and
went ... came and went ... beam of the moon such as the moon sheds drifting ...
in & out of cloud ... but so reduced ...
[0004] .. birth ... into this world ... vast place this world as a tiny baby little thing ... 5 pounds ... in a small remote godfor - ... ... what? ...
girl? ... tiny baby little girl ... into this ... vast ... in a
placesmall remote godforsaken hole ... in the bog ... named ...what? what? ... no the downs? ... no ... no! ... the bog! ... small remote godforsaken hole in the bog ... named ... named ...no matter forgotten ...
[0005] to parents unknown ... he having
vanished into ... thin air ... no sooner the
than in the locker done his ... devilish work ...
and she similarly ... 9 months later ... almost
to the minute ...
[0006] so no love ... such x as normally
showered on the newborn in ... speechless infant ...
in the home ... nor indeed for that matter ...
any of any kind ... at any subsequent ... time ...
so usual affair ... nothing worthy of note
[0007] till
till coming up to sixty this when ... what? ... sixty-five? ...
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MOUTH,
& below, as little as possible of rest of face, invisible microphones.
[0002] AUDITOR,
from head to foot in black djellaba, shown by attitude to be
facing diagonally across stage towards MOUTH, fully faintly lit,
dead still throughout except for single brief movement where indicated

curtain. House lights out. Voice continues unintelligible
behind curtain, 10 seconds. As curtain rises ... birth ... into
this world ... birth ... into this world ... ad lib
leading when curtain fully up
into
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