The music tutor
Directed the pupil
Watch-Watch-My Hands-
Listen-Hear the sound-
In Here-It feels
Right-There.
and those scales rose and sank
perked up for notes to hang shapes
Of waves on passing ears-
No-No-NO-
You missed a step-
Here-skip-and where is that note
You played-out of tune-
Try to pretend you play.
and again, the pitching seas rolled,
bodies thrown together, clumped
Whole words found themselves
in forgotten consonants,
meaningless
Bumbles swarm.
Painting By Frances Hodgkins (1869 - 1947) – Creator (New Zealand; Great Britain) Born in Dunedin, New Zealand. Dead in Dorset, England. Details of artist on Google Art Project [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
