The / erstwhile tracheotomy / of Jeanne d'Arc

She spoke through a tube
in her throat. The passion
that she felt was communi-
cated by the movement of
her hands, her arms. Her 
anger was obvious. Finger-
tips glowed like tiger's eyes.
The air rippled. No one could
remember the subject of her
speech; but the gestalt of it
was talked about for years.