‘Anticipating time with starting courage’. Adapted lines from ‘Troilus and Cressida‘ Act 4, Scene V woven into a fantasy dialogue between an old man (Chronos) and his son (Kairos).
AN OLD MAN TO HIS QUEER SON ABOUT TAKING ON A HUSBAND:
These things take time, young man. It's not for you,
Anticipating time with starting courage.
THE YOUNG MAN REPLIES:
Sir, I foretold you then what would ensue.
My prophecy is but half his journey yet:
Tomorrow, and yet again tomorrow
Is my goal, needing but that time be mine
And yields that man I love into my arms.
Let me embrace thee, proud historian
That hast so long walked hand in hand with time,
Forgetting it's for you he walks so slow.
(Young man leaves as if with wings on his feet)
THE OLD MAN SOLILOQUIZES:
So self-assur'd! I don't believe you, since
Your love stands yet back, modestly I think.
The flex of each of his self-loving bones,
Needs grease ooze from patience to slow down blood.
Time, son! Time needs you wait. The end crowns all,
For that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day, of its choosing, END it!
And he, OLD FATHER TIME, will end it as he will.
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