cellopoem #1
I watched gerrall practicing
the back legs of her
folding chair
were neatly wearing
shoes perhaps
to even the seat more
likely to keep
the chair from moving
a cellist can’t
have a chair that moves
I always said
that unlike violinists a
cellist plays
as much with the seat
of her pants
as with her arms and fingers
© Jacqueline Jackson 2008
