RABBIT FOOT
I bet you never knew
How lucky you’d become
As they chopped your paws off
And painted them blue
To make a nice little
Key ring out of you,
You lucky charm, you.
Don’t think we’re really mad
But just the same
Our eyes are now fixed on
Some bigger game
Than your little paws,
Like ivory tusks and tiger teeth,
Alligator skins and eagle claws
Perhaps someone will do this to us one day
When they reach out from outer space
Perhaps we too will be their lucky race?