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What is a Hand

October 29, 2010
By Gadzooks GOLD, Kentwood, Michigan
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"Handle everything as gentle as you can. And what you cannot put right, you must make as little wrong as possible." Thomas Moore

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Hands are soft and coarse.
Hands are smooth and rough.
Hands work and pause.
Hands move and are still.
Hands can make beautiful things,
But they can also destroy.
Hands are graceful and awkward.
Hands are brown and white.
Hands bring hope and despair.

© Roopa S., San Jose, CA

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This is describing what I think my hands are.
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Look_to_the_stars BRONZE said...
on Feb. 22 2011 at 9:32 am
Look_to_the_stars BRONZE, Kentwood, Michigan
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It was deep and really good it describes every day things in an important way