With Thumb and Index Finger
With thumb and index finger,
you rub your eyes:
spring allergies.
How many things your hands did today!
Rub, tap, reach into,
twist this doorknob or that,
lift, pull apart,
button, hold a pen or pencil,
travel a Rand-McNaly map
across the continent,
stroke, sooth, turn a page,
grip a steering wheel,
cup a bowl of soup
(Do you remember the palm’s warmth?)
swing loosely at your sides,
circle beads, scratch your nose,
cup, catch, slide along, make a fist,
pat, imitate a spider—
you could list at least twenty more.
-Dick Allen
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