House of the Seven Gables

By: Charles Giuliano - Nov 04, 2022

 

House of the Seven Gables

Graduate student
American Art and Architecture
Boston University
Taught jazz and journalism
Cambridge Center for Adult Ed
Call from director
Would you like to teach
American Architecture
Class filled teacher sick
Course I was taking
Called my professor
Dr. Margaret Supplee Smith
Asked for advice
Peggy what do you think
Best way to learn a subject
Is to teach it she said
So game on
Staying one week
Ahead of the class
Lots of pressure
That weekly lecture
All went well
Swimmingly in fact
Projecting a slide
House of Seven Gables
Until someone asked
What’s a gable
Deer in the headlights
Possible connection to
Clark Gable
Dropped back and punted
Moving right along
Sweating bullets
Got through it
Raced home and
Looked it up
Knocking back a martini
Yes, of course
So that’s a gable
A house that has seven
Answer was simple
Stick to the script
Don’t leave time
For questions