Post AVgsiO67FVqf466W2K by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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 (DIR) Post #AVgsiMXL3KR4DwpEBs by jo@blahaj.zone
       2023-01-10T01:20:51.952Z
       
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       I have a woman's hands. But they are not thin, elegant handsThey're stubby, thick, puffy. My fingers are short.They not 'womanly', but they are a woman's hands. I knew a woman with hands like mine. Puffier than mine. Darker than mine. I watched her run them over piano keys, I saw them hold a cello bowI observed them during the mundanity of doing laundryThey became a magical curative when they were run through my hair.I held them countless times.And they withered. As did she.I was holding them when she died. My mother's hands.I have my mother's hands. I'm gonna make good use of themBefore they too wither. #poetry #poetrycommunity #storytelling #mother #existential
       
 (DIR) Post #AVgsiO67FVqf466W2K by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2023-05-15T20:48:43Z
       
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       That's really beautiful, actually brought a little tear to my eye. Thanks for sharing it @jo :)