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HAND by JANE HIRSHFIELD

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First Line: A HAND IS NOT FOUR FINGERS AND A THUMB
Last Line: A HAND TURNED UPWARDS HOLDS ONLY A SINGLE, TRANSPARENT QUESTION %UNANSWERABLE, HUMMING LIKE BEES, IT

Poem Sources:

THE AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW, V29#1, JANUARY-FEBRUARY/00.
  (2000)
 



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