#6.24.15

If hands could speak,   think of what they’d                          say: the pianist’s,   with the  aches and pains of playing for hours to            perfect   a  piece, the violinist’s,   and the   precision & skill,   along        with blood covered fingers    from picking strings — the murderer’s with blood    stains and action from        plunging a knife into another’s  flesh; heart; carotid artery — the rapist’s,   holding someone    down,  muscles tense,  snuffing      out    &    absorbing screams... the doctor’s hands,  trained to move in     small accords,  or rushing to       rub electric shocks to spark a   heart to beat    &    back to life.