Does this show? The magic
trick of pulling an electric string
from the palm. Here, take this
money, fold the fingers into a fist
the fingernail indenting that tender
spot.
Make it disappear flat like
a desert, the underbelly that can
sweat when nervous. Hide this
as in cards. The deception to be palmed
off on. I charged neighborhood
children a quarter to watch my magic
show when I was nine or so. Palimpsest
the note written on the skin of this
palm. Or a cheater’s tablet. A Sunday
in spring. A shark’s tooth offered.
The subtropical tree that looks like
an outstretched hand according to
Merriam Webster’s Deluxe Dictionary.
