What is missing from this play? Full of actors and things— I do not speak of smiles, nor of the meaning of the soul. What is missing from this play? Of swift rhythm and long stride, of machine noise, of races and more races— What is missing from this play? Of silent tongues, of raised hands, of greys and blacks, of stones and irons— What is missing, for God’s sake? What is missing? Their gaze! Their gaze is missing! The gaze of the children! The children are missing! The boys and girls are missing! What is missing from this play? Full of actors and things— I do not speak of smiles, nor of the meaning of the soul. What is missing from this play? Of swift rhythm and long stride, of machine noise, of races and more races— What is missing from this play? Of silent tongues, of raised hands, of greys and blacks, of stones and irons— What is missing, for God’s sake? What is missing? Their gaze! Their gaze is missing! The gaze of the children! The children are missing! The boys and girls are missing!
