120
"Do
"You know nothing?
"Do
"You know nothing?
T.S. Eliot - The Waste Land
Stay with me.
"Speak to me. Why do you never speak. Speak.
"What are you thinking of? What thinking? What?
"I never know what you are thinking. Think. "
I think we are in rats' alley
Where the dead men lost their bones.
"What is that noise? "
The wind under the door.
"What is that noise now? What is the wind doing? "
Nothing again nothing.
120
"Do
"You know nothing? Do you see nothing? Do you remember
"Nothing? "
I remember
Those are pearls that were his eyes.
"Are you alive, or not? Is there nothing in your head? "
But
O O O O that Shakespeherian Rag--
It's so elegant
So intelligent 130
"What shall I do now? What shall I do? "
I shall rush out as I am, and walk the street
"With my hair down, so. What shall we do tomorrow?
"What shall we ever do? "
The hot water at ten.
And if it rains, a closed car at four.
And we shall play a game of chess,
Pressing lidless eyes and waiting for a knock upon the door.
When Lil's husband got demobbed, I said--
I didn't mince my words, I said to her myself, 140
HURRY UP PLEASE IT'S TIME
Now Albert's coming back, make yourself a bit smart.
He'll want to know what you done with that money he gave you
To get yourself some teeth.
"Speak to me. Why do you never speak. Speak.
"What are you thinking of? What thinking? What?
"I never know what you are thinking. Think. "
I think we are in rats' alley
Where the dead men lost their bones.
"What is that noise? "
The wind under the door.
"What is that noise now? What is the wind doing? "
Nothing again nothing.
120
"Do
"You know nothing? Do you see nothing? Do you remember
"Nothing? "
I remember
Those are pearls that were his eyes.
"Are you alive, or not? Is there nothing in your head? "
But
O O O O that Shakespeherian Rag--
It's so elegant
So intelligent 130
"What shall I do now? What shall I do? "
I shall rush out as I am, and walk the street
"With my hair down, so. What shall we do tomorrow?
"What shall we ever do? "
The hot water at ten.
And if it rains, a closed car at four.
And we shall play a game of chess,
Pressing lidless eyes and waiting for a knock upon the door.
When Lil's husband got demobbed, I said--
I didn't mince my words, I said to her myself, 140
HURRY UP PLEASE IT'S TIME
Now Albert's coming back, make yourself a bit smart.
He'll want to know what you done with that money he gave you
To get yourself some teeth.