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ta L On Wed, May 23, 2012 17:25, Jill Jones wrote: > terrific last line > > > On 23/05/2012, at 9:25 PM, Lawrence Upton wrote: > > >> He is coming in behind her. Could be, >> she is leading him; or was sent forward. Certainly, she is doing the >> stuff. Smiling. He, however, is not happy at all. >> The head is tilted with harsh aggression, >> pulled back and up, pointing the jaws, a dog fully considering attack: he >> glares and he assesses, overtones mixing. >> >> If there is a ground note, it is large fear >> of losing what he does not own but rules, the landowner assessing by >> sight the strength of his rebellious peasantry, wondering how long it >> will take the constabulary to arrive from town. He senses trouble for his >> place in the form of one he knows with some half-remembered >> apprehension. What the hell are you doing here? ask eyes >> obsessed by other people and themselves. He is scared of everything that >> is not him. >> >> >> ----- >> Lawrence Upton >> Visiting Fellow, Music Dept, >> Goldsmiths, University of London >> New Cross, London SE14 6NW >> ---- >> > ----- Lawrence Upton Visiting Fellow, Music Dept, Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross, London SE14 6NW ----