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Feather-Tipped Thumb

I’m an idiot; I keep bending
my feather-tipped thumb

like lumber; not limber
this knuckle bone nail

painted cheap-pink; thinks
only of ink in bottomless pit

push, press, plunk; put on
the old brace to restrain

but don’t you know; the sucker
will escape ‘cause the writer

just can’t give it a rest; useless
to try - won’t cut it off, right?!

                        Write!
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Copyright © Kim Rodrigues | Year Posted 2025

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Paula Goldsmith Date: 9/15/2025 10:59:00 AM I enjoyed reading your creative/fun write. Guess you need a vacation. Have a fun day writing away......... Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 9/15/2025 12:14:00 PM Perhaps I do! Thank you, Paula!

Valsa George Date: 9/15/2025 6:11:00 AM Just allow your fingers to hold a pen and keep on writing. At times pearls will be showered. Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 9/15/2025 12:14:00 PM My joint is the problem. Thank you, dear!

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 9/15/2025 1:45:00 AM - The writer needs a break now and then, Kim :) - hugs Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 9/15/2025 5:52:00 AM LOL…of course, yes ;)

David Crandall Date: 9/14/2025 6:06:00 PM It sounds like your thumb is a slave to your muse? Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 9/14/2025 6:11:00 PM It is just a puppet…lol

Yann Rolland Date: 9/14/2025 5:59:00 PM so subtle message, with great words and sounds, every day i am an idiot too thanks poet Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 9/14/2025 6:00:00 PM LOL…from one idiot to another, mon Amie

Paige Hind Date: 9/14/2025 4:21:00 PM I don't care how much pain I was in, I'd write, too. I wish you relief, so poetry comes easier- although with you, it's always seeming effortless. Hugs, regards Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 9/14/2025 6:01:00 PM You are always so sweet! We are writers, so we write…

CayCay Jennings Date: 9/14/2025 3:22:00 PM I feel dense and I'm admitting it. You're not talking fingernail, like a initially thought, but 'writing', the thumb wants ink and to write. Crafty, and clever, unless I got it all wrong, in which case I hope you'll tell me so I can erase my ignorance. Poetry hugs ... CayCay Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 9/14/2025 6:02:00 PM Kind of a mixture of thoughts. The problem thumb has a pink nail. Hugs