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Reading Hands
Reading Hands
He sits on the banks of the Ganges
Reading palms of all and sundry
Predicting wins and losses
Of business tycoons
Predicting when the poor man
On the street will win a fortune
Hands of all age profiles
Come to seek his valuable advice
How best to avoid the pitfalls in life
He recommends nothing at all
What fate has ordained will befall
Does not tell lies to please his clients
Hands white, brown, yellow, black
Hands clean, dirty, soft and hard
With straight or cross-crossing lines
Sometimes so rough he cannot find
Tries to see with the magnifying glass
Holds back telling truth sometimes
Not a profession of his choice
Was thrust on him by default
Had lost his family in the floods
Had seen their hands waving around
Stood watching without a sound
One by one as they drowned
He sits on the banks of the Ganges
Hoping to reunite with his lost family
