67: Not to perform acts of magic

The Book of Knowledge
Laws of Idolatry and Paganism
Not to perform acts of magic (Deut. 18:10)

"I'll chew you up and I'll spit you out
'Cause that's what young love is all about"
-Marina, "Bubblegum Bitch"

            the stage is filled with hundreds of red, white, and pink balloons

            the BELOVED straddles the LOVER

            holding a knife to the LOVER’s throat

BELOVED
you bewitched me

LOVER
my angel-

BELOVED
you made me love you

LOVER
your heart your heart listen to your heart

BELOVED
i’m all tangled vines in my throat in my bowels
creeping up entwining my organs mangling my groin

LOVER
i love you i love you i love you i love you i love you

BELOVED
your enchantments ravished me
your prayers cleaved me apart

LOVER
you fell for me
you chose that
you
you
you

BELOVED
i would never choose that

LOVER
your heart is mine

BELOVED
no

            BELOVED slits the LOVER’s throat

            as the LOVER bleeds out

            BELOVED cuts open their chest

            pulls out their heart

            holds it aloft

BELOVED
your heart is mine

            the heart rises up to the sky as if by magic

            it glows and shimmers

            and then it spontaneously catches fire

            as the heart burns

            all of the balloons pop in a deafening boom

            END OF PLAY