Whilst I was waiting at Avignon TGV I heard Erik Satie\u2019s Gymnopedies being played on a piano<\/p>\n
The pianist who was missing some of the more difficult notes was waiting for a train with her cousin<\/p>\n
An American woman asked about the pianist and was told that her name was Texas Poem and that she was studying music in Paris<\/p>\n
She had travelled south as her uncle had suffered a stroke and was gravely ill<\/p>\n
That was all that I heard of the conversation as my attention was detained by the sight of a migratory bird<\/p>\n
This bird was resting on a girder that was supporting the station roof but it seemed neither distressed or unwell<\/p>\n
I thought it might be sheltering from the brutal heat but I could not be sure<\/p>\n
Whilst my attention was diverted the beautiful pianist and her cousin left their theatre<\/p>\n
Their train had arrived and they were making their way towards the platform<\/p>\n
The station stool was now vacant and the keys of the piano were silent<\/p>\n
Yet I could still hear them quite clearly against the background noise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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