Apr 8, 2016 Original Poetry, The Daily Post

In response to The Daily Post’s Daily Prompt:  Superstition

Superstition
©April 8th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram

If I gave you a rose with thorns
As a token of my love,
Would you say,
“This relationship will
Stagger and fail?”
Or, would you kiss me,
Accept it with love,
And say, “My love loves me
Thorns and all,
And sees my beauty thus!”?

If I stepped out into
A vast pit as I left my house,
Would I say, with sobs
Over my broken leg,
“This symbolizes my
Eternal Fall, I know it does!”
Then, fulfill my Fate
By obliging it? Or,
Would I say, “Someone,
Please, please help!”?

If I stepped under a ladder
And it fell with a crash
And snapped my neck,
Would I say, with fainting breath,
“I knew it!  I knew it!
Never walk under
A goddamned ladder!”?
Or, would I, upon
Recovering
(Miraculously),
Say, “Do away
With all ladders!”?

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P.S.  Alas, I had NO inspiration for this one, but I tried, I tried!
Also, the punctuation was problematic.  I think I just invented a new type of punctuation.  See if you can spot what the problem was.

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