Hi Sheila not sure what is going on here (prob my extreme age thingy !)
cheers P
On 11/01/2020 21:27, Bill Wootton wrote:
> Ode to a teacher or a certain sort of teacher, Sheila? Or is it a critique
> of a teacher? Interesting line turns constantly surprise.
>
> Bill
>
> On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 at 7:41 am, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> She sounded used
>> to being given
>> credit for what
>> others do without.
>>
>> Others around her
>> listened beneath listening
>> in case she drove
>> something unexpected
>>
>> in an unexpected turn
>> that would adjust
>> the way they
>> had to think
>>
>> and do and
>> play whatever
>> game she said,
>> she said things
>>
>> she did not know
>> she said
>> or she did know
>> as others were accustomed
>>
>> to obedience she
>> taught how to perform
>> as she demanded
>> invisibly and clearly
>>
>> so the others knew
>> and did as she
>> required and stiffened
>> spines to make sure
>>
>> nothing would be
>> different any time
>> and nothing would
>> occur beyond her
>>
>> presence, all eyes
>> remained fastened on
>> her least move,
>> the unspoken glow
>>
>> was one way
>> to know who
>> you were so
>> people listened up
>>
>> and worked
>> the way they knew
>> had worked and made
>> themselves her selves.
>>
>> Sheila E. Murphy
>>
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