Thursday, 3 December 2020

The contracture of time

 The contracture of time


And my hands, a gnarled oak,

grimaced in Dupuytren's contracture,

telling of the slowness of demise,

the tightening of the loosening 

of life’s grip on the tide’s race.

It is a comfort to see its slowness. 

At least I am alive;

more than can be said of Dupuytren, 

and I can pick my nose more easily.

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