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The
Hand
by Leonard
Michaels
I smacked my
little boy. My anger was powerful. Like justice.
Then I discovered no feeling in the hand. I said,
"Listen, I want to explain the complexities to
you." I spoke with seriousness and care,
particularly of fathers. He asked, when I finished,
if I wanted him to forgive me. I said yes. He said
no. Like trumps.
From I Would Have Saved Them If I Could
(1975)
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