The fine fourth finger
of his fine right hand,
just slightly, when
he’s tracking our path
on his iPhone or
repairing the clasp
on my watch I
will not think about
the myelin sheath.
Slight tremor only,
transient, so
the flaw in the
pavement must
have been my
mother’s back.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/03/slight-tremor/308876/
