aroundtownpoem #8
at edwards place across the street the older sisters were drawing naked ladies in the life drawing class elspeth went along and drew naked ladies too november six was her birthday and also the birthday of the instructor she and her sisters made two cakes and carried them to class they were back in twenty minutes the birthday girl in tears someone had complained to the director of the art association about an eight-year-old seeing naked ladies we never knew who
© Jacqueline Jackson 2005
This article appears in Nov 3-9, 2005.
