Each Finger A Syllable

fingers of lightning
         2 hands in movement
streak-scratch across framed faces
         animation illusion 
illuminating
         beckoning fingers

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either bit her nails
or clawed out of a coffin
(fingernails tell tales)
fascinated by her tips-
manicuriousity

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each syllable lovingly fingered/
         the sweetest stench of brilliance lingered

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(some syllable counts
Americanized English
do not translate true)
 


106th Weekly Poetry Contest