Props

To set the scene, putting the chair here and the drapes there,
To notice that the chair is blue upholstery
And that the drapes are purple velvet;
That the purple clashes with the blue,
That the blue collects the light because it is vulgar,
And the purple shimmers ostentatiously;
Or again the blue is faint like a woman,
Or again that the purple is her arietta:
That there is something between the woman and her music —
Because she will plead with you of DeMarco,
Because she will compare love to a lotus,
And she will want to make you think her a flower,
And you will wonder about her —
All these are just costumes, and this is the stage.