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Michael Harlowonline works |
The Identikit
Her Husband is plugged into the wall-socket. She is watching herself – carefully. Carefully . . . he is turning himself on and off. The mirror winks. Click – click, click . . . And snaps a picture. Am I . . . beautiful? she says from inside the mirror. Wife! shouts the Husband and disconnects himself. He runs to the dressing-table. He strips. He stares into the mirror . . . Am I . . . beautiful? he whispers, watching himself being watched by his Wife who is watching herself. Click – click, click . . . . . . When the film is developed: the room is dark, a small coin of light the moon is shining . . . and we see . . . No one at all – No, if we look carefully we see . . . A giant mousetrap and two white mice . . . pedalling furiously in opposite directions . . .
From Nothing but Switzerland and Lemonade (Hawk Press, 1980) |
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