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Thumb

If I were God, I would bite off all the babies' thumbs.

Like gherkins, while still coy as a paperclipin the desk of creation. Not yet a tool with more wham

than a hammer. So many luckless rabbits, neck-split,under the thumb of pie-baking English.

So many flip-top grenades run-riot under Americanthumbs. No pencils, no hitch-hiking drama

or gladiatorial decrees, but hands to be heldif not grasped. You can suck a toe or a tooth-whittled

hump of hand—rewritten just like rib-short Adam.No space bars to tap. No Matthew, Mark, Luke or John

to plumb. Or thumb drives—except for God's angelson epicurean missions. But as a rule of thumb, ugly

even with rings, thumbs do come in handyfor pickle jars and trapeze bars.

Think of it though: no guns to cock, no nails to nail,no crosses to construct. [End Page 80]

Amy K Genova

Amy K Genova is a teacher and poet. She recently published a chapbook of prose poetry, Flavor Box: 7 Words Repurposed. Three poems appeared in the 2020 Ars Poetica show in Washington state. A memoir entitled, "Moving," appeared in Stonecrop Magazine. Poetry publications include 3Elements, Homestead Review, and others.

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