HAT IN HAND

Sometimes the right hand does not know
what the left hand is doing
on the other hand
having two hands comes in handy

every year
we hand over our money
to the government
which routinely mishandles it

as we grow older
we hand our lives over to caretakers
we become used
as in second-hand

but we get rewarded with
the better parking spaces
we park right up front
in Handicapped

this poem might even deserve a hand
and as its author
I await your applause-
Hat in Hand.