The Tyranny of Ten Fingers
I have a dear friend, recently deceased, by his own hand in protest of one of God’s many great crimes against us: that cruel dictum, “Ten fingers and ten toes” so thoughtlessly prescribed by His indifference. This friend of mine, he was meant to be born with eleven fingers, and he has known this for as long as he could count. A musician, he was haunted by wondrous compositions in desperate need of just one more note. ...