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What lies under your finger? Reach down and feel.
“Oh, it’s round and it’s soft, like a fruit’s outer peel.”
Now this is slippery and slimy, it’s long and it squirms.
Well, if it’s all of those things, it may be a worm.
What lies under your finger? Is it large or quite small?
Is it round, do you think, and the shape of a ball?
It could be quite soft and the shape of a pear.
“It’s none of these things for its hard and it’s square.”
It may be hot, may be cold; squishy, or sticky,
“No, it’s soft and it’s silky – Oh! This one is tricky.
I think that it’s curly. “Well, feel it with care,
I think that you’re touching somebody’s hair.
Is it wet? No, it’s dry and as soft as a feather.
Is it hard, is it hairy, or perhaps feels like leather?
Does it cause you to itch, is it sharp, cause you pain?
What you feel with your finger transmits to your brain.
Copyright 2008
Write down all the adjectives connected with feeling in this poem.
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