Rabbit

This poem comes with a Dharrsheena Warning

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Take a rabbit's paw for luck

And wear it round your wrist

Or slip it in your pocket

Like a small golden watch.

It's a talisman that's soft to touch-

Reassuring to behold?

But either way, that little foot

Is the product of a death.

Death does not bring luck,

Does it?

But it does bring rabbits' paws.

Can a severed limb be fortunate?

Can amputation hold good will?

It seems unlikely, don't you think?

Especially for luckless bunnies.

Best leave your luck to judgement, I think

And leave the rabbits to their paws.