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Noises Off Article

High-definition loss

Published on
3rd April 2021

Emma Robinson levels with Definitely Fine's You Will See Everything

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I am not                                                                             what I want to be

something to pity                                                             can always be found, but

I am strong                                                                         I endure

and pain is dressed up                                                    in the bloodied thread, within which I am woven

to mean something.

I am flushed                                                                       crimson, like a womb clawed,     

with sex                                                                               There comes a grotesque double

and if you love me                                                           I will take your breath, shred it like confetti,

I will throw you on my bed,                                          and rest in peace—I will shock you into

loving my reflection—                                                   hiding within other faces

Are me and you                                                                lost to ourselves—

true to each other                                                            Only when we lie naked 

Are we something more—                                           are we less than hopeless:

Are we endless.

I am you and you are                                                      Me waiting to be engulfed by regret                       

Beyond my dreams                                                          of high-definition loss. 

 

You can read me down—stripped. You can see across the divide. You can be bold. You can see everything. You can understand that this was hard to write. You can give up. 

Maybe I should be silent. Maybe I must speak to feel. Or stop feeling. Maybe I’ve been writing in circles.

Maybe only the heart ever rouses. 

Definitely Fine’s You Will See Everything is hugely provocative and evocative. It is immersive. It is the perfect blending of all the best qualities of theatre and film. It is poetic. It is not a metaphor. It is true. It should be seen. It affects you. 

The creative team have beautifully sought to protect their audiences too, working in association with The Grief Network—please use their resources and, as the writer of this incredible piece stated in the Q&A, know you are not alone.

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