ANATOMY OF TWO HANDS
by ABBIE JOHNSON TAYLOR
These hands are soft and gentle.
They can turn the pages of a book.
They have never flung a stinky diaper
into a dirty clothes hamper.
They cannot run or chew
and they'll never steal anything
that doesn't belong to them.
These hands could plant taupe flowers if they exist.
Would the moon feel wiggly?
That is hard to say
but these hands have known the touch
of many things
because they have compensated
for eyes that have never known
the sight of many things.
THE END