Episode of hands / Jeux de mains, jeux de coquins

The unexpected interest made him flush.
Suddenly he seemed to forget the pain -
Consented - and held out
One finger from the others.

And factory sounds and factory thought
Were banished fom him by that larger, quieter hand
That lay in his with the sun upon it.
And as the bandage knot was tightened
The two men smiled into each other's eyes.

Episode of Hands, Hart Crane (1899-1932)