i have my grandfathers hands
these things that have built a lot
he passed them on
and i didn’t know
i didn’t know
i was looking for gifts
i was born into
something middle-
middle-class
and all along
all along
i’ve failed to look at these dreadful things
these beautiful ******* digits
and sometimes clumsy
heirloom’d palms
like a gift in my grandfather’s trunk
thank you
old man