Short Opposable Poems

The first dictator used his opposable thumbs,
to break the thumbs of those who opposed him....

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Once, sat and thought, a hairy brute,
wearing not, a well-tailored suit.
In grunts and growls, he said, "I suppose,
if thumb and fingers should oppose, 
it would not be so very dumb", 
and patented the opposable thumb....

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Once me and my chimp friend bald Jim
flew through a forest limb to limb
his opposable thumb
got caught in my ho-hum
thank God old Jim’s not real prim.

My name is Miss Fine and Dandy
Bald Jim often brings me candy
a banana toffee
always does it for me
and him, since he's oh so randy....

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A clover’s lucky leaf,
in Contract Bridge a table,
ia playgroup of two couples, usually of opposite gender
with riches an auspicious fold,
second in a power series based on two,
the sum of non-opposable digits on a hand,
in religion one past trinity
and half the lines in this ramble.

2/12/2020...

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A concept very hard to grasp:
Remove a thought the mind has clasped.
And though we struggle, though we try
We won’t pick up the reason why.
It’s right there, right within our grip,
Yet tightening, our fingers slip.
We cannot free ourselves of thought
Ensnared within the neurons, caught.
By this, our efforts are undone:
Our brains, one-way, opposable thumbs....

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Watched myself turn into a red kangaroo
Spontaneous shape shifter – what could I do?
I tried to yell but my words were garbled and few.
Got chased out of the house by my first husband too. 

At a dirty window spied my neighbor strange Sue.
She screamed before I had time to even say boo.
Tried to write a note but it was something I could not do.
No opposable thumbs when you’re a red kangaroo....

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The greatest gift of god above
Is sewn with sonant strands of love
That takes a half and makes a whole,
Whose kingdom lies within a soul.
No heralds cry or trumpets blare
Are grander than the stir of air
Moved by whispered words of love
The greatest gift of god above.



*God's two greatest gifts to mankind - speech and the opposable thumb.  While the thumb is lovely for opening jars it is speech that enables love....

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Locomotion to location,
destination unspoken, unsought.
But you knew,
who knew.
Beneath the opposable
with benefits, a mock assurance.
Finally exposed
beneath a wing.
She is harbinger and harvester,
gnawing, undermining a foundation.
Her self belief
deathly evident.
An induced epiphany
with drip-feed stealth coercion.
Now self aware
to purchase life.

In permanent daylight
he assumes solar nourishment.
No longer frantic....

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my world
has been
turned up
side down 

no
no tragedy
befalls me
i'm just at

the park
on the monkey
bars hanging
by my legs

monkeying
around
trying to
decide

if i should
climb to
higher
ground

to see 
if i can
see past
there

where
the sun
sinks in
the evening

and even
further
for if
i can

use my
useful
opposable
thumb and

finger to
open 
the latch
of your

window
to see 
that your
sunrisa

really is 
the
sun
set...

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