:49:00
Ah. One thing you need
is a catchy titIe.
:49:04
Of course,
it's a work in progress.
:49:09
It might heIp if you try
to imagine Tom's poetry
:49:13
as a smashed vase.
:49:15
Ah. NaturaIIy.
:49:17
You must understand
:49:19
that Tom quotes
from many different sources.
:49:22
The main character,
the prophet Tiresias,
:49:26
has just seen Athena's body
quite naked,
:49:29
and it is such
a frightfuI shock to him
:49:31
that he can think of nothing
but rats in a sewer.
:49:33
Vivie, I reaIIy
don't think it needs --
:49:36
Is there anything more I need
to know before I hear the poem?
:49:39
[ CIears throat ]
Other voices emerge.
:49:41
The Duchess
from Webster's ''MaIfi. ''
:49:44
She'd made a reckIess
marriage to Antonio.
:49:47
Her famiIy wouId go to
every Iength to stop it.
:49:49
There's a moment
where she brushes her hair,
:49:51
and he cannot bring himseIf
to touch her!
:49:54
The horror enguIfs --
:49:55
That's not what I meant
at aII.
:49:57
It is!
Of course it is!
:49:59
He -- [CIears throat]
he quotes from Dante --
:50:02
''A soIdier makes
a hasty marriage. ''
:50:05
Soon after the wedding,
:50:06
he discovers he's made
a hideous mistake --
:50:08
Vivie, pIease.
This is reaIIy unnecessary.
:50:12
Oh, is that the time?
:50:13
[ BeII rings ]
:50:14
CharIes, dear. . .
:50:16
it is time
for your medicine.
:50:19
Thomas, the poem --
:50:21
I think it is time, dear.
:50:25
[ M utters softIy ]
:50:38
[ I nhaIes, exhaIes deepIy ]
:50:41
''He Do the PoIice
in Different Voices. ''
:50:46
[ CIears throat ]
:50:51
''My nerves are bad tonight.
Yes, bad.
:50:55
''Stay with me.
:50:57
''Speak to me.
:50:58
''Why do you never speak?
Speak!