alien hand syndrome

His hand would itch and fidget.
It would grab pens or pencils
and doodle stick figure ballets
on napkins, tabletops, even walls.
Or sometimes it would write alien
words in strange cryptic alphabets
with a vertigo inducing speed.
When the hand found a keyboard
it was a violent staccato attack.

The hand caused so much trouble that
he needed to leave his quiet office job.
He found a new job as a handy man.
Working with hammers and wrenches
seemed to placate the hand,
at least for short periods of time.
The hand would work tirelessly till,
aching and blistered, it would hang limp
and listless at the end of the day.

The hand?
the hand simply wanted
to find the other
smaller and softer
it longed to feel the
warmth of the other
for fingers wrap and
hands to clasp
and rest palm against palm