India Loves Omen

Beware! The cat crossed through here,

Pass it on and a mishappening lurks henceforth.

Oh! It's a mongoose and it's a Wednesday,

A good fortune awaits a short while away.

It's a Thursday and barber must be refrained today,

Trim not your nail or your hair or your beard.

Friday is a pretty day,

Good and authoritative meetings could be held today.

Heavens! It's a mole upon your right shoulder

Makes your limbs as sturdy as Bheem.

Your money line on the palm runs on and off,

Terrible riches are into your eventuality.

Halt the journey if your left eye twitches,

And delay the departure if someone sneezes once.

Give them not the three berries,

Lest you should want a one-eyed child.

Don't pass your best friend,salt from your palm,

Your deep friendship could turn into hostile enmity.

Tie a lemon and some chillies to your new belonging,

A remedy to outdo the evil eyes of your haters.

Tut tut! He touched the dog's crap,

Put your fingers over and over else he would defile you all.

When by fault bumped each other's head, at least do it twice,

Otherwise a permanent lump would mount up the head.

Whee! A shooting star against the dark sky,

Pray with the closed eye and fulfill your desires.

Don't sway your legs while sitting, neither do play with embers,

Unless you want to make the bed wet during sleep.

There night blackens and owl screeches being heard,

Fear it's going to be a haunted night.

Just have a morsel upo the bed, and,

It will be a dreamy night of scary sights.

If you want this year to be success,

Fill your first day of January with great doings.

At least for a while, be with your books on Diwali's night,

For it will miraculously enlighten up your studies.

-Prashant Tiwari