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jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2004-04-24 01:02 PM

I AM NOT SUPERSTITIOUS

Superstitiously my feet
never step on the cracks –
I don’t know why except I was told
you step on the cracks and something bad
would happen .
Truth is, I don’t believe in superstition,
but my feet never step on the cracks anyway.

Black cats, yeah . . .
the only good cat’s a dead cat;
the best cat of all, is a dead black cat –
but I don’t kill’em,
it’s just something I heard.

Ladders, salt & pepper,
they make sense.
Why tempt fate
and have something fall on your head,
burn your eyes
or make you sneeze.
Superstition? – naw, horse sense.

Birthday cakes.
If you blow out all the candles,
in one breath, you get your wish.
Fat chance!
I’ve tried that all my life,
well, at least once a year,
and to date no one has ever
thrown me up on the table
and ravished my body
while feeding me cake.
So now I blow them out in several breaths,
just to make a point –
no, it has nothing to do
with there being sixty candles on the cake.

If you get a chill up your back or Goosebumps,
it means that someone is walking over your grave.
Now I have no intentions of laying in a grave,
especially my own, to see if that comes true.

And of course knowing that it’s bad luck,
for all you smokers out there,
to light three cigarettes with the same match,
seems sensible to me,
I mean, match stems are pretty short
and burn pretty fast, so . . .

I’m a little more leery about Evil Spirits though.
Someone said they can’t harm you when you stand in a circle,
Personally I’ve never been able to stand in a circle,
and besides, I’m not superstitious anyway,
but just in case I keep at least one clover in my pocket,
plan on dying on Good Friday (so I’ll go right to heaven),
always scratch my nose in private,
keep itching powder in the palm of my right hand
chase falling leaves on the first day of Autumn,
never look in a mirror by candlelight,
and I shot the only three seagulls I ever saw flying directly overhead,
(three seagulls flying together, directly overhead, are a warning of death soon to come).

Yep, that one was true.

In any case, I’m not superstitious.
Careful, yes.
But would you cross a busy street without looking first?
Stick your finger in an electrical outlet,
stand in front of an on-coming train . . .
See, careful, not superstitious.

I am not – Superstitious . . .
now what was that about sneezing on Sunday??

w. james beard, jr.
(c) april 2004

[This message has been edited by jwesley (04-24-2004 08:08 PM).]

Grover
Senior Member

since 2004-01-27

Posts 1967
London, ON, Canada

1 posted 2004-04-24 02:33 PM

Thanks for the funny reminder of things I heard (and in most cases believed) when I was a kid. Whew, it's so much easier to believe the truth!

inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

2 posted 2004-04-24 03:00 PM

look out below!!!!!
thats me throwing salt over my shoulder each time i take the shaker for the first round of the day
dont even ask me why

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2004-04-24 03:01 PM

hehehe...I enjoyed this one

brought back some memories

love the new pic too!

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

4 posted 2004-04-24 03:27 PM

Wonderful picture...uh...the poem and the grandchild! LOL!!

Glad to hear your feet are careful...
TD

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

5 posted 2004-04-24 03:52 PM

This one beats the cake Dear Grandaddy with adorable grandchild! Loved it! lol

Loves 'n laughs,
EA

azblond
Senior Member

since 1999-07-01

Posts 637
The Steamy Desert

6 posted 2004-04-24 07:10 PM

Can't stop laughing...and thanks...cause from now on I will ALWAYS wonder if the Birthday boy is wishing the same thing as you when he blows out the candles...(and could make quite an interesting topic for the next year if YOUR wish happens to someone else)...oops...gotta run...the cat is coming this way...little black thing with a swagger in his step.........

Let my words fall first upon deaf ears before a closed mind...

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

7 posted 2004-04-24 07:14 PM

Well, LongJhn is going to enjoy this poem, that's for sure.

As for superstitions? I don't crack my mother's back either...

Cute write, sir!

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

8 posted 2004-04-24 09:33 PM

jwesley - come to think of it I'm not either. Careful, don't step on that crack in the sidewalk!!!!

BC

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

9 posted 2004-04-24 09:35 PM

Love this Jimmy!!
And I also love the new pic.
Boy, they sure do grow up fast!

Hugs~

To have lived the dream of a love so true...
is to have seen a glimpse of heaven.

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