Superstitions

Written 2 December 2023 A Verse Poetry Contest Sponsored by Brian Strand Do`s and Don`ts Avoid thirteenth of Fridays for any new ventures for any new businesses Skip number 13 in buildings in hotel rooms In private hospitals Be careful when driving walking or moving after seeing a black cat crossing the street Sanctify all food during an eclipse before consuming them Don`t sweep one`s home nor clip one`s nails after 6 p.m. nor on Thursdays Don`t start new projects undertake new initiatives or construct new buildings Don`t start new love affairs or wedding proposals during Kharmas months* These become asphyxiating choking irritating stifling strangling throttling Yet these are observed to avoid agony anguish anxiety regrets remorse repentance distress restlessness sadness unhappiness sorrows worries and woes in favour of calmness cohesion peacefulness quietness quietude in personal life family surrounds or official transactions with apathy indifference insouciance nonchalance, mindlessness imperviousness These become a way of surviving a way of living a way of life.