The play is a parable about our lives and the absence of God. We are tramps baffled by the absence of God and disturbed that, if he does come, we will miss him. We are unsettled by the gaping emptiness of God’s absence. We are anxious and insecure about what might happen if he should appear. Whether he shows himself or not troubles us to the depths. The possibility that he will show himself further threatens us with anxiety and confusion. Both God’s presence and absence present difficulties in the deepest parts of our lives.
