I woke to find
my hands
humming in the dark
hands I said
what have you done?
where did you creep?
what did you plunder?
my hands did not answer
simply lay
upon the sheets still
humming
dreaming perhaps
of a great hand-shaped cloud
travelling steadily
onwards deep into the night
hands I cried
what terrible thing have you
what forbidden
and was afraid to switch
on the light
not knowing if I would
find my hands
blackened with bees
or breathing some cold song
or worse
no longer even
mine
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