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Rene walks through the opened door

and into a make believe house.

make believe people are there to greet him.

Rene is make believe, too.

the heavily-flowered wallpaper conceals

the guilt of horse-hair plaster.

its history is real enough.

the participants speak in false notations

and all is as it should be.

a curious on-looker coughs-up a lunger and

someone yells “cut”!

everyone seems overly disappointed.

it’s what is expected of them.

another “take” is called for.

Rene walks out into the night closing

the door behind him.

alone, Rene is thankful that it isn’t raining.

his line is easy to recall but it runs through his head.

soon everything will be as it should be with take 2.

scene still: “Below the Hill” 1963.

Fall River.