συμβολον (knuckle-bone)

                                                            how much of the hand is fist my father asks—                                                   for him it’s half what you’d expect—the tape’s temper                between splint and split knuckles: symbol’s useless rigor;                                         the long ride home—                                                             for the boy with the torn lip, it’s...

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