In my dreams I fly
around and around,
swooping and soaring.
The nuns gesticulate angrily.
They try to get me to land.
They don't believe that you can fly
without a license from god.
Flying Not Permitted drawing oil bar on paper 170cm x 132cm
Piano lessons
from a tall blue, bony nun.
Sitting with my legs dangling,
damp, echoing, draughty,
stone walled convent.
The nun wears a thick black habit
which smells of mice and old orange rind.
She holds a long cane.
When the wrong notes are played the cane whips down and across my small fingers.
A lesson in the love of music
Chopsticks Not Permitted oil bar on paper 170cm x 132cm
© Anna Glynn 2010. The text, images
and photographs on this web site are copyright and may not be downloaded
or reproduced using any means, without the express written permission of
the copyright holder.
