Glory hole furnace
Glory
Keep the pipe turning.
Night blowing, in front of the studio furnace. Rina will not put the blowpipe down. “Keep the pipe turning.” Walk out through the annealer here, and it is only a firing.
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About this work
Night blowing. The yard door is already hot. Only the glory-hole furnace is orange. Rina is thirty-three, a glassblower, and married. Her husband's studio is another furnace.
She will not put the blowpipe down. “Keep the pipe turning.” Leave through the annealer and the night ends as a firing. Lock the yard door, and it stops being a firing.
Characters
- RinaGlassblower · married woman
- MeNarrator · night assistant
- HusbandAnother furnace · mentioned
