THE TURNING POINT
by
David Rigoni
at the time
it didn't even seem like a dream
the drama appeared normal enough
with the plot presented in linear time fashion
and actors trouping on and off stage reciting their lines
arguing in mock conflict
about Life
and about Man
when abruptly
the script was disrupted
and the polite poetry halted
as a single man
stepped from behind the curtain
and pronounced to startled faces -‑
"we must not underestimate
how terribly we need a new concept of Man."
the shaken cast
overcame its temporary paralysis and forced him
back behind the curtain
beyond hearing range
and
mumbling intellectual words resumed the drama
though visibly less
self-satisfied.
awakening
I found a cold sweat reinforcing his words.
-- May 25, 1976
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