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unclean left hands

Janet Kuyprs
12/4/13

Don’t use your left hand in India
(that’s the hand used for wiping
after defecating) — for that reason
the people in India believe

the left hand’s unclean. So,
while in India he washed his hands
after using the public bathroom,
saw others do the same.

But he saw one man
put soap on his right hand,
rub it with the back of his left hand,
then rinse his right hand.

His left palm never touched
his right hand, or soap, or water.
So I guess I see
they have more reasons to believe

the left hand’s unclean.

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