examination
all I remembered after was the distance
from the doorway to the instrument
and light from the enormous semi-circular windows
shining off the parquet
unevenly, in the places it was broken
chairs and stands and forgotten things in corners
and how far it was to walk
out, watching my step
to walk back afterwards
to the doorway and the stone stair
and in between there was nothing
in the part I would be questioned on
there was nothing I remembered
*Judith Taylor lives and works in Aberdeen. Her first chapbook collection, Earthlight, was published by Koo Press (2006) and her second, Local Colour, by Calder Wood Press (2010).