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Tuesday, September 26, 2006

"The Art Teacher"

There I was in uniform
Looking at the art teacher
I was just a girl then;
Never have I loved since then
He was not that much older than I was
He had taken our class to the Metropolitan Museum
He asked us what our favorite work of art was,
But never could I tell it was him
Oh, I wish I could tell him --
Oh, I wish I could have told him
I looked at the Rubens and Rembrandts
I liked the John Singer Sargents
He told me he liked Turner
Never have I turned since then
No, never have I turned to any other man
All this having been said,
I married an executive company head
All this having been done,
a Turner - I own one
Here I am in this uniformish, pant-suit sort of thing,
Thinking of the art teacher
I was just a girl then;
Never have I loved since then
No, never have I loved any other man

I am reciting this in my acting class and I need to know who the woman is saying this to. Is she talking to herself, perhaps in a mirror or in a diary? Is she telling a close friend, a daughter, a lover, a shrink? Is she speaking to a group? Let me know what you think the answer could be and also what you think of the piece.

6 Comments:

Blogger Sarah said...

Mmm that is tough. I think, based on no real proof, that she is not saying it to a group. She seems to be spitting it all out at once as if she had never said it before. I really don't know, but it seems like she is talking to herself.

9/27/2006 08:12:00 PM

 
Blogger Jenn said...

alright, thanx... i see no1 else is commenting on my blog. i agree that she is talking to herself.

10/01/2006 02:00:00 PM

 
Blogger Jenn said...

thank you all for your enlightening comments. i did it, its done, ok.

10/09/2006 06:54:00 PM

 
Blogger krustacianken said...

her dead mother's cousin's husband's friend's friend.

10/12/2006 10:16:00 AM

 
Blogger Sarah said...

i've been going on msn now....but you are always away

10/12/2006 12:00:00 PM

 
Blogger Jenn said...

well... i do go to school and stuff... i'm sorry

10/12/2006 01:56:00 PM

 

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