these hands
©1998 Merilene Murphy
these hands are suspect creativity / how we shape /
a man / a woman / a child / up for new being escape /
from mean streets / the monster machine / makes of /
a man / a woman / a child / these hands are suspicious
as / homemade happiness / how honey minutes spill /
from rotten voids we fill / new being tender sweet /
before us / a taste for excellence / a feeling for /
a man / a woman / a child / these hands zap magic out /
this rabbit hat world / no trick too quick to give thanks /
no gimmick necessary to take enough / only enough for /
a man / a woman / a child / no lost / not losing any more /
whose new being address is a / mirror face everywhere of /
a man / a woman / a child / wherever / self-evident
strength is / a loaf / a leaf / a love / a laugh /
these hands are / watch them now / breakers to break a cycle
vicious / shakers to shake the dead awake / out / piss
stained alley graves / makers to make schools kneel down at /
caretakers / breadbreakers / embracers / these hands are ten
aces in the game / to win / new being style / for / a man /
a woman / a child /
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