13 Days

Black cats

broken mirrors

never walk under the ladder.

All bad luck….. 

so they say.

Never did you meet 

a man 

with luck as bad

as Dilly Bean.

Began as a baby

he fell from his crib

not a dent on his head to be found.

Some good mixed with bad.

As a toddler

he shot his dad.

As a child

he set fire to the mall.

As a teen

he impregnated the home coming queen.

Now you may a’wonder

where is the good spoken of?

This is all……

disconcerting.

An adult Dilly Bean

did all he could

to recompense

for the bad he brought to town.

It worked

all the townspeople

breathed a sigh of relief.

Settle in for the tale to tell

twisted it is 

none would ever know.

Came a gypsy cavern

lead by Granny Mae.

Stopped she did

at Dilly Bean’s

calling him to head.

He sidled up

afraid what would be found

when

boop

Granny Mae touched his soul.

Jinxed he had been

since before birth

now all could rest

his affliction could not longer hurt.

March 31/19

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