6: To sanctify His name

6: To sanctify His name

The Book of Knowledge
Fundamentals of Torah

To sanctify His name (Lev 22:32)


            a LIBRARIAN on her knees
            she whispers into a mousehole near one of the stacks
            everything she whispers is echoed back to her

LIBRARIAN
The One Who Turns the Tides

ECHO
The One Who Turns the Tides

LIBRARIAN
The One Who Spoils the Moon with Sunshine

ECHO
The One Who Spoils the Moon with Sunshine

LIBRARIAN
The One Who Yolks the Groin and the Heart

ECHO
The One Who Yolks the Groin and the Heart

LIBRARIAN
The One Who Emblazons Springtime

ECHO
The One Who Emblazons Springtime

LIBRARIAN
The One Who Sucks the Bones of Suffering 

ECHO
The One Who Sucks the Bones of Suffering

LIBRARIAN
The One Who Dampens the Harvest

ECHO
The One Who Dampens the Harvest

LIBRARIAN
The One Who Loves the Slipping of Time

ECHO
The One Who Loves the Slipping of Time 

            the ECHO grows fainter 

LIBRARIAN
The One Who Ties the King’s Laces

ECHO
The One Who Ties the… 

LIBRARIAN
The One Who Sucks Marrow from the Lovehusk

ECHO
The One Who Sucks… 

            LIBRARIAN bristles at the rude implication

LIBRARIAN
The One Who Lightens the Load of Tuesdays

ECHO
The One Who Lightens the… 

LIBRARIAN
The One Who Throttles the Celestial Gears 

ECHO
The One Who…

LIBRARIAN
The One Who Soils the Suppertime

ECHO
The One Who…

LIBRARIAN
The One Who

ECHO
The One…

LIBRARIAN
The One

ECHO
The…

            LIBRARIAN puts her ear to the mousehole 
            an army of mice emerge 
            they carry the LIBRARIAN away 
            END OF PLAY