The actresses here

fit their parts.

Mother, daughter,

student, nurse.

This play

concerns a farm

In decline.

The barn roof collapses.

Chickens die,

mysteriously. Gwen plays

a concerned daughter.

The farmer’s daughter:

You know all the jokes.

I want to act

the traveling salesman,

driving, rain-soaked,

hoping for some warm bed,

solace, the purity of

hay-scented flesh.