Claire Cuccio
get dirty | come clean
I have hands.
As do you.
How shall we use them?
Head.
bump against | put together
Shoulders.
shrug off | stand on
Knees.
bring to | bend down
Toes.
tread upon | dip into
Eyes.
spy in suspicion | seek with compassion
Ears.
tune out | listen up
Mouth.
shoot off | soften up
Nose.
smell out fear | smell the roses
Fingers.
press & poke | smooth & stroke
Feet.
squash & stomp | dance & vote
Tongue.
slip & bite | sample & savor
I have hands.
And if you do too,
how will you use them?
build & create.
Claire Cuccio‘s poems circulate mostly among her friends. Her essays and reviews on the paper and print culture of Japan and China have appeared in Museum Anthropology Review and on the website of The Journal of Modern Craft. She is currently based in Washington, DC.
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