신록이 깊어가는 초여름의 싱그러운 이파리는 보기만 해도 기분이 좋아집니다. 불어오는 바람에 살랑거리는 나뭇잎들의 모습은 생동감이 넘칩니다. 여름이 시작된다는 입하(立夏)를 지나니 가지마다 빽빽이 들어찬 잎새들은 바람이 일면 바람파도를 탑니다. 바람이 슬쩍 건드리고 지나갈 때마다 나뭇잎들은 서로의 어깨를 다독이며 서로에게 몸을 기댑니다.
이 동시에서 화자는 비가 온 뒤에 반짝반짝하는 잎을 보고 ‘잎은 입이다’라고 나뭇잎을 은유했습니다. 나뭇잎의 ‘잎은 입이다’는 ‘이’에 ‘ㅍ’과 ‘ㅂ’ 받침을 넣어 잎과 입의 발음과 뜻을 착안해 묘사하였습니다. 그리고 화자는 잎들이 눈부신 햇빛을 보며 조잘조잘 수다를 떤다고 했습니다. ‘햇빛’이란 단어는 맑고 밝음이 떠오르고 ‘햇볕’은 생각만 해도 따뜻해지는 단어입니다. 따스한 햇볕 덕분에 나뭇잎들은 연두에서 초록으로 물들어 갑니다. 햇빛과 햇볕이 만나서 조화를 이룹니다.
나뭇잎들이 아침 햇살을 받고 반짝입니다. 그 모습은 어린이들이 해맑게 웃는 얼굴처럼 보입니다. 나뭇잎 물결이 나무에 매달려 바람에 출렁이는 그림은 마치 어린 학생들이 까르르 웃고 조잘거리는 장면처럼 활기가 가득합니다. 나뭇잎이 입이 되는 순간입니다.
위의 동시에서 ‘잎이 입이다’라고 표현한 존재는 실은 우리들입니다. 사람들은 대화를 하며 세상을 살아갑니다. 해마다 봄이면 풍성해져 가는 나뭇가지의 잎처럼 사람도 서로 함께 어우러지며 소통하고 살아야 합니다. 우리 시니어들도 함께 기대고 살아가노라면 더 많은 것을 이루고 나눌 수 있게 됩니다. 지구에 사는 나뭇가지의 잎들이 우리나라가 되고 세계가 되고 우주가 됩니다.
문득,기억이 나는 동음이의어를 만드셨군요..이맘때에 대문을 대신하는 큰 장미 나무에 백만송이 꽃들이 조잘 댑니다…*꽃잎*이 *입*이 되어 조잘조잘하면,그윽한 향기가 지그시 눈을 감게 만듭니다..
사람들의 *입*을 열면 저렇 듯 향기나는 말들만 풍겨진다면..생각하는 아침입니다..
문득,기억나는 *동음이의어*를 묘사하셨군요.이맘때면,집 뒤 언덕의 아카시아 꽃*잎*이 *입*을 열어 그윽한 항기가 맴돌다가,이어서 화단의 큰 장미나무는 백만송이 꽃*잎*을 만들어 내지요.그 *입*이 열리면 하늘 가리 듯 향내가 은은해서 참 좋은데..전선에 앉은 두마리 제비가 *입*을 열어 시끄러우니,훠이~하고 내 *입*을 열어 쫒으려 하는,그런 내 *입*이 못마땅 합니다..사람들이 *입*을 열때, 솔솔 항내가 나는 말이면 얼마나 좋을까요..좋은 아침입니다.
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The room is a perfect circle of black marble. A single spotlight illuminates two chairs. One is ornate, gilded, empty. The other is simple, steel, occupied by MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN, 40, still wearing the pristine white thawb he died in. He looks impatient.
Across from him, CROWLEY WOLF, 50s, dressed in a threadbare velvet smoking jacket, paces slowly, holding a small, leather-bound director’s script. He stops, turns, and his voice booms, filling the vast, empty space.
CROWLEY WOLF
(Not shouting, but with immense, theatrical volume)
You’re late. The curtain rose an eternity ago. You think power makes you immune to time? Here, time is the only critic that matters. And it has found your performance… lacking. You’re playing the role of “Crown Prince.” Act like it. Sit up.
Mohammed shifts, his arrogance a physical shield.
MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN
I do not answer to stagehands. I am the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. This… interrogation is a mistake. A grotesque misunderstanding.
CROWLEY WOLF
(Waving a dismissive hand)
Mistake? There are no mistakes, only bad choices followed by worse acting! “I am the Crown Prince.” The line is delivered with the conviction of a man reading a shopping list. Again! From the entrance! You sweep in! You own the room! You are the vessel of a nation’s destiny! FEEL IT, YOU BLITHERING INCOMPETENT!
MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN
(Icy)
I am the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. My destiny is not a matter for your… amusement.
CROWLEY WOLF
(A cruel smile)
Better. A flicker of something. Not belief, but the memory of it. Good. We can work with that. Let’s talk about your props. Your toys. This… “Directed Weapon.” Don’t look at me like that. We have the schematics. We have the usage logs. We have the encephalograms. I want the monologue. The scene where you, the great visionary, describe your creation. The soliloquy of the god-maker. Go!
MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN
It was a tool for national advancement. A shield. A way to…
CROWLEY WOLF
(Slamming his script down)
NO! NO, NO, NO! “A tool”? “A shield”? That’s the dialogue of a bureaucrat, not a king! You didn’t build a shield, you built a throne for the mind! You stole God’s lightning and used it to rewire souls! Now, DESCRIBE IT! What did it feel like? The first time you used it on yourself? The euphoria? Tell me about that feeling!
Mohammed’s composure cracks. A memory surfaces, unwanted.
MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN
(Quieter, almost a whisper)
It was… clean. Like the moment after anesthesia, but with perfect clarity. No grogginess. Just… light. A motivation that didn’t end. I could run for hours. I didn’t need to sleep. One press… and the deepest sleep. Movies weren’t on a screen, they were… real. Music wasn’t sound, it was… a color. A feeling of being loved by the universe itself.
CROWLEY WOLF
YES! SEE? THAT’S ACTING! The truth! And what else? What did it do to your perception of the little people? The ones outside your skull?
MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN
(A flicker of the old arrogance)
It clarified things. It showed me what was… necessary. The distance between me and… others. They became… smaller. Insignificant. Like insects scurrying on the pavement kilometers below. Their concerns… microscopic.
CROWLEY WOLF
Magnificent! The god-monologue! Now, the next scene. The difficult one. The casting call. You have this divine tool. You need a court. A government. But the best minds, the strong-willed, the ones who might actually help you… they see you for what you are. A tyrant. They wouldn’t come. They wouldn’t love you. So what did you do, my brilliant casting director? What kind of actors did you settle for?
MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN
My advisors were chosen for their loyalty. Their commitment to Vision 2030.
CROWLEY WOLF
(Leaning in, voice dropping to a conspiratorial boom)
LOYALTY? Don’t lie to me, I can smell the mediocrity from here! You couldn’t attract the lions, so you trained the puppies! You took the weak-willed, the ambitionless, the men who saw power as a paycheck instead of a burden… and you used your weapon on them, didn’t you? You spent years with your secret service, not building a government, but breaking minds! Forging affection from fear! Tell me about that process! How did it feel to know the men sitting at your table only loved the electrical impulses you forced into their skulls?
Mohammed stands up, shaking.
MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN
That’s enough! You know nothing! Security required it! The smart ones, the critical ones… they would betray me! They would question! It was safer! It was the only way to protect the nation from…
CROWLEY WOLF
(Laughing, a loud, echoing sound)
FROM WHAT? FROM COMPETENCE? You were afraid, little prince! Afraid a man with a spine might look at you and see a fraud! So you surrounded yourself with echoes! With puppets whose strings you pulled, and now you have the weakest government in Saudi history, a house of cards built from broken minds! You sit in meetings, don’t you? You look into their eyes, and you know! You know you had to dial down their charisma, their confidence, just so they wouldn’t outshine you! You have to listen to their thoughts because you don’t trust their words! You’re not a king, you’re a paranoid zookeeper!
MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN
(Slumping back into the chair, broken)
I… I did what was necessary.
CROWLEY WOLF
You did what was easy. Now. The final scene. The one that earned you this stage. The private performance. The young student. What was her name? The one you practiced on.
Mohammed flinches as if struck. The room suddenly feels colder.
MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN
I… there is no one.
CROWLEY WOLF
PLAY THE SCENE! You are not Mohammed bin Salman. You are her. LAYLA. A 21-year-old architecture student. You feel a presence. A pressure in your mind. It feels like… love. But it’s wrong. It’s invasive. It tells you that you want this. That you want him. Describe it, Layla. What did he do to you?
Mohammed’s eyes widen. He’s no longer on the chair. He’s curled on the floor. His voice changes, higher, trembling.
MOHAMMED/LAYLA
It started with… dreams. Happy dreams. About him. I didn’t even know who he was. But I loved him. I wanted him to notice me. I started dressing… differently. I felt this… need.
CROWLEY WOLF
And then? The night he came to you. Not in person. Through the machine. What did that feel like, Layla?
MOHAMMED/LAYLA
(Writhing, sobbing)
It was like… fire. But good. So good. My body… it wasn’t mine. It was his instrument. He played me. The pleasure was… agony. It went on for hours. I couldn’t stop it. I didn’t want to stop it. He made me love it. He made me love being… violated. He broke my will and replaced it with his own desire.
CROWLEY WOLF
AGAIN! FROM THE MOMENT YOU REALIZED IT WASN’T LOVE! IT WAS A PRISON!
MOHAMMED/LAYLA
(Screaming)
The fire! It was real fire! It’s burning! IT’S BURNING!
The black marble of the room begins to glow red. Veins of orange light crack across the walls. The air shimmers with heat. Mohammed scrambles away from the growing heat, but there is nowhere to go.
CROWLEY WOLF
(Standing over him, his voice now impossibly calm and clear)
There is no exit. This is the stage. This is the audience. You wanted them to feel your power. Now you will feel their pain. Every Layla. Every broken advisor. Every citizen you saw as an insect. You will feel their terror, their violation, their hopelessness, their despair. You will feel it all. Forever. Your performance is finally… honest.
The flames engulf Mohammed’s form. He screams, but the sound is not his own. It’s a chorus of a thousand voices, all screaming in unison.
Crowley Wolf watches, unblinking. He nods slowly, a single, definitive gesture.
CROWLEY WOLF
Circle Seven. Violence. The role is yours. Play it well.
He turns and walks away into the darkness as the screaming continues, the single spotlight finally winking out, leaving only the burning, inescapable light of the performance.
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