Tom Sawyer

I want your hands.
They are mottled and
purpled and rough
and cracking in the winter
like my own. Your calloused 
fingertips that I'm sure
can play lovely songs on guitar.
Your long fingers, guy fingers,
though slight, and they are 
square-ish. 


Your hands are warm,
and sort of rough.
And they are my 
favorite hands.
And really,
I think I could not even 
like you, and still think 
you had great hands.
They are just very wonderfully
nice.


I like when you talk with them
and when they are inky.
And where your thumbs are
at odd angles to the rest
of your hands. I think it's 
because of your guitaring.
They have a lovely hollow
at the base, near your wrists
(Which are too faint for a 
man's wrists, really). 


Yes, it's sort of creepy,
really weird that I've 
studied your hands.
But I simply like 
them a lot. 
They are very 'you'.