My Left and Right
my left and right
were once hands.
being a “lefty”
was the devil’s work
right was right
left was not
right went free
while the left
was knotted up
left out
left alone
left behind
left to my own devices
I never learned
to love my left
left it to languish
in the shadow
of my right
gave it that
conspiratorial stink
that left it
suspect in the eyes of the
right is might
fights for what’s
right
left is
left to languish
with everything that’s
not right
isn’t that right?
right!
Copyright © Joseph Adler | Year Posted 2021
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