Lucia M of Singapore - opening poem

Let me get the announcements out of the way
. Author Readings - Historical Novel - Beneath the Singapore Sky by PC Nicholas
1.Tomorrow, 4 November 2009, I will be giving a reading in the Ottawa Public Library on Metcalf St. It will be at 7pm at the auditorium of the main library at 7pm. Ottawa is in the capital of Canada and the main library is located a few blocks from the Parliament Buildings.
2. Book Signing - New Book - Lucia M of Singapore
This sequel to Beneath the Singapore Sky will be ready for purchase on the last Saturday of November 2009
My books will also be presented at some Christmas bazaars.

The second book begins with a  poem and here is the first stanza.
         The Family Band

As fingers of your hand differs,
so too members of the family band.
Each with  unique contribution
as fingers in a hand do work.
If the Hand was all thumbs or pinkies,
My, what chaos that would be?
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