The problem was as Sal stood by her friend

He was getting robbed by three older boys

In the first scene state the predicament

Such as there was a calamity

She hoped to help him as the world came apart

Then the story became a wild goose chase.

The first attempt to solve this mystery

Which began or had its birth in failure

Depicted our parents in a puppet show

The trick, the illusion, the play of speech

A story so utterly absorbing

Some unknown urge preceded the telling

And wandered through the body of work.