Apollonia
A dialogue……..a dialogue of love……………of love and torture…………..love, torture and ibuprofen……..ibuprofen and paracetamol taken at intervals of not less than 4 hours…….finally no more can be stood……………an early morning call………..a receptionist feigning concern…………..can fit you in at 2:45……..the meeting is uncomfortable……………you try to smile…………you cannot smile……..they do not smile at you………….you shrink into the chair……………..they try to blind you…………….you want them to know what they are doing……………..they wish you would go away…………..be replaced by someone with a beautiful mouth……………you feel your hole is rank and aching…………….they prod and sigh methodically…………..they ask something but their voice is muffled…………you can’t speak anyway……………….the atmosphere is clean and tense…………….they take a chrome bar and tap too hard…………just to be sure…………….then they do it again……….because they can……….it’s been going on like this for years……..they say they want you back…………….for two sessions………..then what?……………..they’ll give you something in the meantime………………..something to slow the kill.
Apollonia is an ongoing episodic performance.
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