Nov 11 2012
Only His Hands
Only his hands
Gnarled and thin
Like wrinkled tattered
Weathered broadcloth
Showed
From beneath
The starch white
Cuffs of a
Pressed Polyester
Shirt
.
Only his hands
Quick and light
Like bright dancing
Flames of light
Expressed
From behind
The stark pallid
Edge of a
Gruff and hard
Mein
.
Only his hands
Nimble and fleet
Like cool clean
Water cascading
Rushing
From between
The chiseled stone
Wall of a
Cold and cruel
Carcass
.
Only his hands
Betrayed him.
