“Accused” / Memorable Fancies #2471

[“Placed in the center of a perfectly empty arena, the accused man is questioned.” – Henri Michaux]

The questions echoing – deafening sounds, the words intertwined as in a fugue:

“Did you on the night of March 10…”

“How do you plead?”

“Knife wounds consistent with a high degree of passion…”

“Wounds … knife … the night …”

“Passion … passion … pleading …”

“the knife …”

He covers his ears with his hands, but his palm-flesh drums drums into his head the sounds of

“GUILTY!”  “GUILTY!”