thebes Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Needs work but not bad for 20 minutes effort on a night when I'm dead tired. Have a spooky spooky folks. Haloween Hands As I placed the open book down across my stomach, hands resting on top of it, my mind immediately left it’s plot behind and headed off in the netherworld of non-thought, just drifting, like a car placed in neutral coasting to a stoplight. Yawning I rubbed my eyes and taking my hand away I paused, rested my elbow on the chair’s arm and sleepily contemplated my hand. The left one. The mainstay of my physical world. Old faithful. The hand that sustained my living, wrote with, scratched behind my ear with, did everything with. It’s scarred first digit, sliced up and injured from time-to-time in various tasks I had set before it. The first digit always extended to let a baby grasp it, pointed forward, up or down, waved in front of someone’s nose in faked outrage. The second digit, longer than the rest. Now the knuckles bulged out and racked with arthritis. Used as the signaler of outrage or contempt, or indispensable for combining with the first digit in the long ago signal of Peace. It’s my go-to digit for peeling a sticker or scratching my side, digging a bit of dirt out of an eye. Good old digits three and four, when used with the thumb give leverage when pulling on something, and needed force to open a jar. Appendages. Tools used with little thought or care. Scars, stitches, bruises, torn nails and cuts are their lot in life. Mind to command. But maybe not as my left hand begins to shake and tremble, assuming the shape of a claw, bunching it’s myriad muscles and tendons as it ignores my will and slowly draws closer to my throat. I wake. Musta been a dream I think until I head to the bathroom to relive myself and glance in the mirror. I see five purple welts spaced around my throat. Shaken I return to my chair, thoughts tumbling through my mind. As the initial panic subsides, I gaze over to my right hand. The second banana of the duo. Not as powerful as the left one, but also in much better shape. Used to steady things, grip the other side of a box, as a handy place to rest my chin. Maybe I should start using the right more? Looking over at it, it starts to tremble and shake, it’s digits turning into a claw moving closer to me, closer and closer and CLOSER... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Hurry! Put your chin tightly against your chest and run into the kitchen and stick that God awful thing into the garbage disposal! Grind that thing all the way to the elbow. If you simply cut it off, it will chase you around the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The History Kid Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 I wish I was as cool as thebes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 (edited) I heard ...the action is here my man...the Thebes is top notch,Accor wildf girls amd boys going out for a fittinfg dancining in the garden of torches in ther rain. oh no here they omethe dclubding to wild dancing club. No mat Edit: Semi close Edited October 31, 2014 by billybob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 Hurry! Put your chin tightly against your chest and run into the kitchen and stick that God awful thing into the garbage disposal! Grind that thing all the way to the elbow. If you simply cut it off, it will chase you around the house. Just great. Thanks a bunch. I took your advice and now all my friends are calling me "Elbows". Some are calling me "Donkey and Elbows". Biggest problem is I'm not built like a dog and trying to scratch behind my ear is driving me crazy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Use a tree ya big bear. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The History Kid Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 These freakin' guys... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Why those are woman's hands... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckAb3 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 One thing is clear, Marty ... you are into "digital." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 One thing is clear, Marty ... you are into "digital." Oh a weisenheimer aren't we. Well I'll give you digital you 01100110011101010110001101101011 ing piece of l01110011011010000110100101110100. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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