Curtains
Setting: The Nanny and her youngest charge chat near the window. Maria has taken down the expensive curtains.
Maria (M)
Gretl (G)
Dialogue:
M: Hee hee, seeing the hills from here, alive without echo
I love the verdancy, the grassy knoll of this pattern, sew
aft’ I snip, snip, snip and poke with holes, move thread
up, down, in and out. Let the children sing, arms spread.
G: So long, farewell to the darkness. We want to play.
Give no thought to what Father will say. Just want to play.
M: Here, I’m the happiest bluebird, fluttering my wings.
Won’t your father be surprised. He might sing.
Does he have a good voice? Will the hills rejoice or fuss?
Now little one, we’ll exit right, so no one finds us.
G: Aren’t I the cutest, Maria? I will learn from the sparrows
to t-weetly sing and to flee, practice dodging the arrows.
M: You will save us. Certainly you will! The smallest escapes
out of Austria, the home we love, and dressed in drapes.
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Kim Rodrigues
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