24 September, 2007

Monday List

...talking without speaking/ people hearing without listening...


I guess he went quietly.
Any last words?
Let us observe a moment of silence.
He had been looking pale.
Old age: the silent killer.
That's one box he won't escape.




(Sounds of Silence; Simon & Garfunkel)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

...and it took an entire dance troupe to act out his obituary.

(I saw him once when I was a young teen. Truly brilliant.)

Anonymous said...

You know, I wondered how you would note his passing.

Silence at last.

Cybele said...

Answer: smartass remarks made to avoid revealing actual feelings on the matter of Marceau's death.