For the last few days I have been thinking
about that day some fifty years ago
that I was careless and half-destroyed my hand.
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Imagine discouraging the use of verse. A lazy mind that needs a good slap Where can I read the first version?
I like making humor in the face of difficulties, and so enjoyed your first version. I also liked the story telling in this one.
I liked the original version more. And I 'love' rhyming if it is GOOD rhyming and does not harm a poem. bri: : )