ON
NAKED SOIL
Imagining
Anna Akhmatova
Written
by Rebecca Schull -- Directed by Susan Einhorn
“In
the form of a black ewe my ghost
will straggle through your dreams
on faltering, withered legs,
bleating: “Shah of the Shahs,
blessed in Allah’s eyes,
how well did you feast?
You hold the world in your hand
as if it were a cold bright bead...
But what about my boy,
did you enjoy his taste?"