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Listening to the radio, a surgeon speaking of the reduction of dexterity in the hands of his students.

Between Velcro
And touch screen

We are losing touching
Feeling and doing

Thumbs made us
All thumbs we will be



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Jeff Connelly

Date: 5/26/2022 9:19:00 AM

As ALWAYS & FOREVER your word choices are spot on Maureen. IT'S truly the world that has lost touch AND THAT'S very depressing... In some ways I'm losing touch too AND that scares the SHIT out of me... Thanks Maureen...

Jeff Connelly
Date: 5/27/2022 1:55:00 PM

Maureen. I JUST made a long distant call to my psychaiatrist. I left a message on his machine telling him that I was cancelling my June appointment AND that I NO longer take his prescribed medications NOR drink anymore. That I would be back in the USA sometime mid- July. THAT felt pretty friggin good jajaja...

Jeff Connelly
Date: 5/27/2022 5:31:00 AM

"...but to KNOW that you are losing touch is the hell and the horror!" your words Maureen. "The horror! The horror!"- line spoken by Kurtz in Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" YES. I'm uttering those words Maureen. I've really fucked my life up...

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 5/26/2022 12:12:00 PM

Ah to be losing touch is one thing, but to KNOW that you are losing touch is the hell and the horror! This pome was spawned by a radio interview with a surgeon professor talking about how most of the new recruits haven’t got the tactile intelligence that we have from growing up using our hands… just trying shoe laces, so much brain connection, tension etc…

Jeff Connelly

Date: 5/26/2022 9:17:00 AM

I am a VERY tactile type of person BUT you can lose connection WITH a person NOT just by NOT physically touching THEM.... I've ALWAYS been ALL thumbs but here everyone around me type/texts rapidly with BOTH thumbs whereas I use an index finger ONLY SO when I say, "I can't quite put my finger on it" I literally mean it...

Jeff Connelly

Date: 5/26/2022 9:13:00 AM

Maureen. The randomness of finding THIS poem was simple: Press 5 on YOUR list of ALL PoetrySoup poems THEN read the poem associated WITH the 1st "title" that catches my mind. That being said. I find myself on THIS page. THIS poem is about a VERY touchy subject BUT I'm trying to touch all the bases without losing touch...

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 11/24/2018 4:07:00 PM

So introspective, not sure if this is how you meant it but I read it as losing empathy for others, being addicted to electronics...

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 11/25/2018 8:14:00 AM

I love your read! It was inspired by a conversation on the radio, a teaching surgeon remarking the declining dexterity and sensitivity in the hands of newer students.

Gershon Wolf

Date: 11/11/2018 7:00:00 PM

Ha! Doctors nearing retirement almost never palpate the patient anymore---let alone younger doctors. As for surgeons, they can keep their hands to themselves for all the good most of them do--as in no good whatsoever! OK. Rant's over now. Back to normal... ~ Gershon

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 11/11/2018 10:16:00 PM

Dammit Jim.

Christopher Flaherty

Date: 11/10/2018 8:13:00 PM

And in years the come The young will only see on Phone Screens With Giant Thumbs Welcome to the Future Distopia

Christopher Flaherty
Date: 11/12/2018 4:16:00 PM

Picture those Giant Foam Hands at Sports Events

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 11/11/2018 7:06:00 AM

I'm picturing a hand model ;p

Agnes Krampe

Date: 11/10/2018 10:38:00 AM

Interesting thought, Maureen.

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 11/10/2018 1:20:00 PM

Thank you Agnes. xomo

Arthur Vaso

Date: 11/9/2018 10:27:00 PM

I just broke my fingers in a fall, so I am thumbs for the time being!!! LOL

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 11/10/2018 8:00:00 AM

Oh ouch ouch (!) ouch. Dominant hand? I feel for you, broken a lot of bones, both wrists separately. Sending healing thoughts! xomo

Laura Leiser

Date: 11/9/2018 5:58:00 PM

Wise words, Maureen. And we’re all getting too addicted to our cell phones, too! Enjoyed this! :)

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 11/10/2018 8:00:00 AM

That's why I went flip ;) xomo!

John Lawless

Date: 11/9/2018 4:27:00 PM

A THUMBS UP ON THIS ONE MO.......

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 11/10/2018 8:01:00 AM

Thank you! :)) xomo

Mike Hauser

Date: 11/9/2018 3:43:00 PM

Nice

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 11/10/2018 8:02:00 AM

Thank you :) xomo

Jack Horne

Date: 11/9/2018 2:58:00 PM

love this clever write

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 11/10/2018 8:02:00 AM

Thank you :) xomo

Rico Leffanta

Date: 11/9/2018 12:31:00 PM

Interesting, as I thought today's children would have more dexterity as using a keyboard (especially by thumb) dozens of times each day requires more dexterity than playing the piano for an hour. However, I have heard that sex is the best exercise, so perhaps we should encourage youth to get involved as sex can create life whereas guns just take it away. Nicely done, though, Maureen! Aloha! Rico

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 11/10/2018 8:09:00 AM

Sex and piano both benefit from dexterous hands ;) Thank you Rico, xomo!

Lawrence Sharp

Date: 11/9/2018 12:24:00 PM

Very incisive, point well made at the end.

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 11/10/2018 8:07:00 AM

Thank you Lawrence. xomo

Rhona Mcferran

Date: 11/9/2018 9:04:00 AM

This is so deep- and cleverly penned! Had to FAV this, great work, my friend! ;)(Oh mercy... I've been writing WAY too much this morning- everything is starting to rhyme! hahaha)

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 11/9/2018 9:17:00 AM

Thank you! I wasn't sure how deep it would be read ;) Rhyme on sister! xomo!