The Gift Of The Empty Hand (edit #3)

[ellajam]

looks like theres been a lot of work on this. I personally like something about the simplicity of the original version. but i really much prefer this line :

religious tomes in languages
the rest of us couldn't read;

I much prefer it to the 3 lines about magazine articles. to me that seems a more trivial subject, religious tomes in other languages paints a far richer character with an interesting life. I feel like mainstream magazine articles are a sacrifice to mass appeal

Thanks so much for giving your time for this, it wouldn't be the first time I did more harm than good editing. i'll certainly take another look at that line, thanks for pointing that out.