One-Night Theater

 Once, I experienced a near-death experience. I was in a port. I almost boarded a ship.

Actually, I experienced a different kind of near-death experience at that time. I was wandering between life and death so many times.

I was on a riverside. I couldn’t see the opposite side of it. It was a vast river.

Someone was building a structure. I can’t remember who told me that. I was informed that the structure was a theater. Sometimes, theatrical people build temporary tent theaters, but that theater was not a tent. It looked like a permanent theater with its foundation works. The theater’s top was pointed, and I couldn’t see the top.

Strangely, I was informed that it was a temporary theater. It was built for just one night and one performance.

Somehow, the show was canceled, so I didn’t get to watch it.

Thinking back about this experience, if I watched the show, I couldn’t go back to this world.

The roof was pointed. It could mean the top of the roof might be connected to the opposite side of the river.

I imagine that if I watched the show, it might have been an exciting experience. My favorite late actors might be on the stage. The playwright I have long admired might write the script. The late director I greatly admired might direct the show.

If I watched that show, I could accept my death.

To my theatrical friends, you may watch this show someday.

I hope it will be in the far-distant future.

 Japanese

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