The setup is this. In a brief prologue, a totally bandaged MUMMY is pushed onstage in a wheelchair. He introduces himself as Mr. E. to MR. FALLSELF, who is looking round through binoculars for love and approval. To make his point that this is fruitless, MUMMY tells the story of JOE POET, an angry protest poet who, in a near-death experience, falls in love with his guide and refuses to return to his body. Little by little, he learns about Sweet Remembrance.