Rain Talk / Regnsnak - haibun

GARFF: “Oh, it stopped.”

NOLL: “It stopped?”

GARFF: “It stopped.”

NOLL: “What stopped?”

GARFF: “The rain.”

NOLL: “The rain?”

GARFF: “The rain.”

NOLL: “It stopped?”

GARFF: “Yes.”

NOLL: “Good.”

GARFF:” I can't hear a thing, though.”

NOLL: “There's nothing to hear, but …”

GARFF: “But what?”

NOLL: “That there Sunday sound.”

GARFF: “What's the Sunday sound?”

NOLL: “Unspecified machines doing what they do in unseen places.”

GARFF: “Or in the streets.”

NOLL: “Or in the streets.”

GARFF: “Or in this house.”

NOLL (gets up, grabs an ashtray from the table and starts beating on the radiator): “STOP IT! YOU HEAR ME?! STOP IT!”

GARFF: “They can't hear you.”

NOLL: “Why not?”

GARFF: “They're out.”

NOLL: “All of them?”

GARFF: “All of them.”

NOLL: “All of them? Even those on the first, second and fourth floor? Those to the left and the right?”
GARFF: “Yep. All of them.”

NOLL: “Well, I never ...”

GARFF: “Oh, that's a blackbird, I think. They always sing when the rain has stopped.”

NOLL: “And when the day is about to begin.”

GARFF: “How do they know?”
NOLL: “Know what?”
GARFF: “That the day is about to start.”

NOLL: “I don't know. They just do.”

GARFF: “Must have a timer in them. Or ...”

NOLL: “Or what?”
GARFF: “What what?”

NOLL: “I don't know.”

(Pause. The sound of one blackbird singing. Then the sound of heavy rain.)

GARFF: “Oh, it started again.”

NOLL: “It started again?”

GARFF: “Yes.”

NOLL: “What?”

GARFF: “The rain.”

NOLL: “The rain?”

GARFF: “The rain.”

in the stream of 1's and 0's a 2 making it jazz

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GARFF: ”Nå, den holdt op.”

NOLL: ”Den holdt op?”

GARFF: ”Den holdt op”.

NOLL: ”Hvad er holdt op?”

GARFF: ”Regnen.”

NOLL: ”Regnen?”

GARFF: ”Regnen.”

NOLL: ”Den holdt op?”

GARFF: ”Ja.”

NOLL: ”Godt.”

GARFF: ”Jeg kan dog ikke høre noget som helst.”

NOLL: ”Der er ikke noget at høre, bortset fra ...”

GARFF: ”Fra hvad?”

NOLL: ”Den dér søndagslyd.”

GARFF: ”Hvad er søndagslyd?”

NOLL: ”Uspecificerede maskiner der gør, hvad de gør på steder, vi ikke kan se.”

GARFF: ”Eller på gaderne.”

NOLL: ”Eller på gaderne.”

GARFF: ”Eller her i huset.”

NOLL (rejser sig, griber et askebæger fra bordet og begynder at hamre på radiatoren): ”STOP DET! HØRER I!? STOP DET!”

GARFF: ”De ka' ikke høre dig.”

NOLL: ”Hvorfor ikke?”

GARFF: ”De er ude.”

NOLL: ”Allesammen?”

GARFF: ”Allesammen.”

NOLL: ”Allesammen? Selv dem på første, anden og fjerde sal? Både dem til højre og til venstre?”

GARFF: ”Jep. Allesammen.”

NOLL: ”Nej, nu har jeg aldrig ...”

GARFF: ”Ah, det' en solsort, tror jeg. De synger altid, når det' holdt op med at regne.”

NOLL: ”Og når dagen skal til at begynde.”

GARFF: ”Hvordan véd de det?”

NOLL: ”Véd hvad?”

GARFF: ”At dagen skal til at begynde.”

NOLL: ”Aner det ikke. Det gør de bare.”

GARFF: ”De må ha' en timer inden i. Eller ...”

NOLL: ”Eller hvad?”

GARFF: ”Hvad hvad?”

NOLL: ”Aner det ikke.”

(Pause. Lyden af en enkelt syngende solsort. Derefter lyden af kraftig regn.)

GARFF: ”Nå, så begyndte den igen.”

NOLL: ”Begyndte den igen?”

GARFF: ”Ja.”

NOLL: ”Hvadforen?”

GARFF: ”Regnen.”

NOLL: ”Regnen?”

GARFF: ”Regnen.”

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