Читать книгу Croak - Jenny Sampirisi - Страница 10

tangibles with the arm the leg we’ve got to count them and the Frogs and the Girls will all act as though nothing has happened and you’ll figure this swallows though we don’t yet coo are you an infant that cries maw maw maw at a finger you mistook for a nipple (GIRLS: Heavy sigh.) the tongue goes in the mouth that’s the first thing on the first page the tongue going nowhere and the Frogs and the Girls will say nothing has happened and they wait for part two and part three where there is hope of limbs and mingled hands where fingers can do more than count (FROGS: Love!) but they are parts too are only parts that work with other parts you see how this is all coming together you see we’re all coming together (GIRLS: Heavy sigh.) or is that a compromise of first firsts this is all a problem one then two then three then then then you are more or less finished and this has all lasted a while a moment you favour more the one arm the one leg the hop hop frog the hop hop girl with their fingers koaxing the page

(The Narrators: Pause. Listening.)

you see how nothing is happening again the tongue goes in the mouth and closes