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Knuckles knock\r\nthe door\r\nOne hand holds\r\na laptop\u2014\r\nThe other\r\nreaches out\r\n\r\nMetacarpals\r\nmeet\r\nMetacarpals\r\n\r\nIs your\r\ngreeting-cushion\r\nsoft or stiff?\r\nDo you fall\r\nlike a leaf? Or\r\ntackle doubt?\r\nAm I the\r\ncatcher\u2019s mitt\r\nor the obtuse ball\u2014\r\nDo your\r\nstubs hug?\r\nOr do your\r\ntendrils worm?\r\n\r\nA single\r\npalmar crease\r\nis often shy\r\nand squirms\r\nWidowed-digits\r\ntoo\u2014 are very slow\r\nto unfold\r\nSplinted members\r\nare held close\u2014\r\nlike a\r\nbroken reed\r\nto God\r\nA finger flawed\r\nis the only\r\nfriend I know\r\n\r\nYet I get nervous\r\nwhen I notice\r\na drop of wrist\r\nor certain claws\r\nOnion\r\nbulbs or clubs\r\nalso get me airy\r\nI am wary even of\r\na painted\r\nnail\u2014 it can mask\u2014\r\na sorry rash\u2014\r\na splinter\r\nfrom the heart\u2014\r\nor evidential\r\nscatter\r\n\r\nBut I am one\r\nwell-read\u2014\r\nIf I see a canker\r\nI'll cut it\r\noff your clapper\u2014\r\nA ring drowning\r\nin it\u2019s bed\u2014\r\na pill will easily\r\nde-anchor\r\nI even intervene\r\nfor a palm too\r\ndrunk and red\r\nA sick hand's\r\nprayer answered is\r\na scientific head\r\n\r\nSome hands\r\nare stale and brittle\r\nwith spots like\r\nmold on bread\u2014\r\nvintage joints are little\r\nhourglasses\u2014\r\na symptom of time\r\nlong-fled\r\nGrandma-grips\r\nare slow\u2014\r\nGray grasps are\r\nones I dread\u2014\r\nfor latency is costly\r\nand wrinkles\r\nour ahead\r\n\r\nToast my palm\r\nwith psalm\r\nand part a holy kiss\r\nRegardless of complaint\r\nI proceed to \r\nwash my fists\r\n<\/pre>\n
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  1. Single palmar crease<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Isaiah 42:3<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Radial nerve<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Ulnar nerve<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Hippocratic fingers<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Psoriasis<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Endocarditis<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Lasix lasts 6 hours<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. AA<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. Romans 16:16<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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