perhappened mag
issue 8: LOVERS
what are my hands
when they're not
touching you?
HANNAH LAMB-VINES
rotary phones my hands are
honey bee hives my hands are
test tubes and beakers my hands are
brittle boned birds my hands are
stuck sucking helium my hands are
not casting spells my hands are
out chewing mint my hands are
running through somebody's hair my hands are
catchers mitted my hands are
kitten mittened my hands are
carpal tunneled my hands are
tied behind my back my hands are
all fingernail all flesh
no muscle useless
honey bee hives my hands are
test tubes and beakers my hands are
brittle boned birds my hands are
stuck sucking helium my hands are
not casting spells my hands are
out chewing mint my hands are
running through somebody's hair my hands are
catchers mitted my hands are
kitten mittened my hands are
carpal tunneled my hands are
tied behind my back my hands are
all fingernail all flesh
no muscle useless
Hannah Lamb-Vines is writing a novel about a poet who inexplicably births a sheep dog. A list of her published work can be found at neutralspaces.co/lambvines.