Inspiriert von dem Theaterstück The Crucible („Hexenjagd”) von Arthur Miller und dessen Inszenierung von Yaël Faber im Old Vic, London, 2014, mit Richard Armitage in der Hauptrolle.
Virtues I-III
steadfast
What remedy,
though,
has nature grown
against the stony
heart of a woman
who knows that
righteousness
is but the coldest spot
in a brittle man’s
home.
cowardly
What use,
though,
is a man
who quivers and quails
at the sight
of a dress on the grass
that signifies
a simple thing
like
freedom.
ferocious
What power,
though,
lies in a woman
with light
in her eyes,
and fury
in her bones,
and a will
as wild as
dancing.