How it starts.

In the explosion the nouns 
are blown to pieces—short
words, syllables, and letters
scattered along Main Street. 
Action-verbs and state-of-being

verbs are maimed or dead
in large numbers. Forensic 
investigators attempting
to reconstruct the original
scene are, so far, unsuccessful.

The great author declares 
herself to be a bright white
blank page. The enigmatic
costume designer, La 
Gioconda, dresses the entire

cast in bright white attire.
The terrorists: the adjectives 
and exclamation points escape 
to another realm. Luminous
question-mark-shaped celestial

talent agents hover above the 
scene and announce that the
new narrative will be wordless
and staged in the park, among
the saplings and baby strollers.

This new and experimental
production, entitled How It
Starts will begin its run sometime 
in the early spring, according
to the publicist Mr O.B. Pieriod.