Token of Affection, by J.A. Grier

I’ll give you a gift, my love
more perfect than an ear.
Take my arm, instead. It’s
never been any good to me.
You might like it, though.
You always said you could use
another hand around the house.

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J.A. Grier is a scientist, educator, poet, and fiction writer who loves hiking, wine tasting, arts and crafts, and cats.  Dr. Grier’s poems and stories have been published in venues such as:  Mad Scientist Journal, Liquid Imagination, Eye to the Telescope, Mirror Dance, and an anthology of the Maryland Writer’s Association entitled Life in Me Like Grass on Fire.  She shares posts and tweets of astronomical facts and strange fictions at jagrier.com and @grierja on Twitter.