20- Smash The Mirror

Mrs. Walker: You don't answer my call With even a nod or a wink But you gave at your own reflection! You don't seem to see me But I think you can see yourself. How can the mirror affect you? Can you hear me Or do I surmise That you fear me? Can you feel my temper Rise, rise, rise, rise Rise, rise, rise, rise Rise, rise, rise, rise Rise! Do you hear or fear me or Do I smash the mirror? Do you hear or fear me or Do I smash the mirror? (Mrs. Walker tries to pull Tommy away from the mirror, but each time one of the younger Tommys appears in the mirror, Tommy tries to move toward the image of the child.) Do you hear or fear me or Do I smash the mirror? (Mrs. Walker picks up a chair and threatens to smash the mirror with it) Mrs. Walker: Do you hear or fear or Do I smash the mirror? (In the mirror, appears the image of the terrified 4 year-old Tommy on the night of the killing long ago. Mrs. Walker furiously swings back the chair: Darkness. The crash of breaking glass and the sound of a gunshot. In the background are projections of a shattered house and the Lover falling dead. ) (The mirror has been completely smashed. Tommy looks around and sees everything in the room. He stands in the spot where the lover was killed and kneels to touch the floor. He looks at his mother and reaches out to touch her. She embraces him, but he does not return it. she rushes off to get Mr. Walker.)