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