zodiac13 Mar 2004

She talks quietly with
the elderly couple,
seeming healthy except

for her rubberized hands:
Small bendable fingers,
look alikes,

no fancy prosthetics,
stainless hooks, or
muscle triggers.

It took both of her hands
to manouevre, the fork
just to pick

a single beet slice.
I watched her a little
longer than I should have,

maybe, until a waiter
appeared beside me
clutching the bill
in a white glove.