An Ode to Thumbs

I’ll never know how so many live
Their lives just fine without
The wonder of opposable thumbs.

More than just a simple result
Of years of hard evolution
Truly a modern opposable miracle.

For tying shoes or doing buttons,
For grabbing pens and using staplers,
For holding books and turning pages,

For pouring milk and opening jars,
For cutting cloth or paper,
For slicing meat and tomatoes,

For all of these and so much more,
There’s nothing more agreeable
Than thumbs that are opposable.

Remind me to never take my thumbs for granted again. This not having use of one of them is hard.