A Touch Of The Old Chopstickerypokery

Although the Chinese started it all,
the Japanese have been using chopsticks
for thousands
and thousands of years now.
They are traditionally held in the right hand only.
Even by the left-handed.
I received my instruction from
a Jewish guru on Ealing Broadway in the year of 1993.
He told me to imagine I was holding a pencil.
Let the index finger do the work.
The girl sat opposite me is a novice.
She's never learnt.
She opts for the safer Western-style metal fork instead.
Although she doesn't realise it, this endears her to me.
As do the gaps in her teeth when she smiles.

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