79: To wear tefillin on the head

The Book of Love of God
Laws of Tefillin, Mezuza and Sefer Torah
To wear tefillin on the head (Deut. 6:8)

            onstage is a recently used guillotine

            a headless body is prostrate before the blade

            a head lay one the ground a few feet away

            a pool of blood between the two parts of the body

            a YOUNG MAN enters with tefillin in his hand

            he sits beside the head

            he takes the head in his arms and cradles it tenderly

            the YOUNG MAN gently kisses the head

            the YOUNG man picks up the tefillin he brought

            he wraps it around the corpse’s head as best he can

            it’s difficult without arms to run the straps to

            once the tefillin box is sufficiently steady

            the YOUNG MAN bows his head

            and prays over the corpse

            a JANITOR enters

            begins to mop up the blood

            a CONSTRUCTION WORKER enters

            begins to take apart the guillotine

            an EXECUTIONER enters

            begins to take away the headless body

            none of them acknowledge the YOUNG MAN

            who keeps praying over the head

            END OF PLAY