The pointing finger.
Does it point to my finger?
To my path in life?
Wijst de wijzende	Zeigt der zeigende
vinger naar mijn vinger, dus --	Finger auf meinen Finger?
naar mijn bestemming?	Auf mein Lebensziel?

Poem H4381
Amsterdam, 2023-12-19
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie) - 1981
Novel, chapter 2-1 "The fisherman's pointing finger"
Painting "The Creation" on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome (1508-1512, Michelangelo Buonarroti)
S0232: I point to the moon. / But the poet keeps looking -- // at my forefinger. (1999, Hugo Claus)
Collection: Shadows
Keywords: Future: direction, Fate 
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman; Michelangelo