A Bull Ring Recital
Into God’s house below the Bull Ring –
it offers automatic doors
which open to a wild piano recital
before empty pews – set C of E stiff –
aligned and tuned to religious creaks –
here only stained sunlight warms
as fat chattering volunteers spit
in tongues – the pianist is subsumed
by her memory-art of ivories and wires
as half a dozen souls – hard seated –
do not dare shift lest it upsets
her selfless performance
which – when ends – is not applauded
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