Cast:
Fent, father
Fel, his son
Wa, Fel's  wife

Scene One

(in which Fel and Wa discuss going to meet Fent; then make love)

Wa

Gentle one all your tongues will turn to water
Speak not of withering 

Fel

Angels have holy mandate not to wither
have faith!  
we have struggled for and with each other
paper love is no substitute for the true thing
we have deepened our bond now
unfettered eachother's hearts
so now finally, stronger are we
and I feel
It is time
let me show you half my blood
my complexity owes to him - 
in a sense my co-creator
whom you have not met but indeed heard stories
my pater

Wa

father Fent

Fel

most pleased to show him my limbed spouse
newer fevers make him well
a good man you will feel
makes his son yearn 
to do him proud

Wa

before the bough deadens 
let eye contact transmit my love for Fel
so that Fent may fall into this fever
and smile at his son
and merry smiles!

Fel

As am I, he may be 
we share traits, the same blood
be warned: both he and I are in
accord and express ourselves as father and son
and thus my personality doubled

Wa

My Fel doubled!
Then those similarities reflect from him to you
and redouble my love for you,
shall reflect to father
the same blood and goodfeelings abound

Fel

how pleased am I for your consent
father will be pleased with my wife Wa
We shall spend the night so we can
talk till morn and spend company
with his collection of music
reach human understandings 
and new friendships

Wa

like camels
red memories and white experiences
stored though the long desert of shallow sand and thirst
make we an oasis and cultivate 
each other

Fel

Family holds bonds though understanding
blood is heavy and a burden
but we milk its nutrients 
lighten the obligations
so blood relations may be borne aloft 
misunderstandings are common
so let instinct dictate
expressions of goodwill!

Wa

make arrangements, 
new moon or so
may we wax towards each other
Fel and I, holding hearts

Fel

Holding hands
palm lines deepen as my love does

Wa

trace this limb
yours: a miracle of nerve and musculature
Castorp was never more accurate
in the midst of sickness concealed under robust chests
but thanks that we are well!

Fel

I can trace a healthy line here
from the lateral rib
to the start of a fullness 
just at the juncture of lung and heart
what pointed sensitivity lies here!
blind and aware! 

Wa

you have stained me with your lips
intaglio saliva
what lies beneath these threads?
if we touch each other, we may become each other

Fel

how I wish to become another
secrete like them
can this body power such a rapidly beating heart?

Wa

Is this the first time - one of many - I give you
cause to tremble with anticipation: why so?
what unusual tension!

Fel

I wish to make you taste like me

Wa

I wish to violate your limbic system
(lovely violence)

(End scene one)