Kara O'Rourke

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“Piano Fingers” by Kara O'Rourke

Submitted to Contest #54

I pull the fingers of my left hand away with the palm of my right into a deep backwards stretch. I repeat on the other side. I shake out my hands, my wrist joints crackling with the movement. I place my hands back onto my lap, fingers extended towards knees in a relaxed position. My mother always told me I had pretty hands—pianist hands—with long, slender fingers others envy for flawlessly hitting big, juicy chords and fluttering arpeggios. But playing the piano has never come easy to me. When I confess to strangers and friends that I’ve ...

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