Hocus Pocus

by CD Richards

If siderism's real, my friends,
I'll gladly eat my hat;
I'll tap-dance naked in a church
while shouting "fancy that!"

If dead people send messages
back from the afterlife,
I'll sign up with a monast'ry,
and gladly sell my wife.

If water's 'memories' can cure
a single known disease,
I'll knit myself a Tarzan suit,
and swing off through the trees.

The soothsayers, the psychic crowd,
the mediums and such,
when asked to justify their claims,
do protest far too much.

Consider this, before you pay
attention to their pitch—
you're forking out your hard-earned cash,
while charlatans get rich.

Don't open up your mind too wide,
retain some sense of doubt,
or else there is a real good chance
your brains will all fall out.

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Today's word: siderism (n.) the belief that the stars and heavens have an influence on life on Earth.

My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.

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Hocus Pocus

by CD Richards

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