Manikin And Minikin
by Alfred KreymborgGenre: Romance
Setting: Fantasy
Format of Original Source: Play
Recommended Adaptation Length:
Candidate for Adaptation? Not Reviewed
EXCERPT:
HE. Recall our childhood in the English museum- ere we were moved, from place to place, to this dreadful Yankee salon- do you remember that little old Greek tanagra of the girl with a head like a bud- that little old Roman medallion of the girl with a head like a—-
SHE. Manikin, Manikin- were they so beautiful as I- did you love them, too- why do you bring them back?
HE. They were not so beautiful as thou- I spoke of them- recalled, designated them- well, because they were ages old- and–and—-
SHE. And–and?
HE. And we might live as long as they- as they did and do! I hinted their existence because they’re not so beautiful as thou, so that by contrast and deduction—-
SHE. And deduction?
HE. You know what I’d say—-
SHE. But say it again!
HE. I love you.
SHE. Manikin?
HE. Minikin?
SHE. Then even though that creature has turned us apart, can you see me?
HE. I can see you.
SHE. Even though you haven’t seen me for hours, days, weeks- with your dear blue eyes- you can see me- with your hidden ones?
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