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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