Poème Fin Complet Poem by John Allen Richter

When I posted this poem originally there was a certain confidence that most people would recognize rabbit's feet as good luck charms. As a boy my father gave me one and it remained prominently in my pocket for years. So in my neck of these great woods it is rather common to carry a rabbits foot. Only a few days after posting this poem I found that it had been reviewed by the website, apparently someone took my words as a call to go out and mercilessly cut the feet from rabbits and was probably offended by that. I apologize to anyone who might think similarly. Whether the trade of rabbit fur and meat is still legal or not, at least in the past it was legal and so even the feet were sold for profit. Generally, they're dyed pink or blue, sometimes yellow - and almost always affixed to a key ring. But I would like to very firmly state that rabbit's feet are never - ever - taken from live rabbits. And as such, the rabbits would never be returned to the wild with only three feet. That line in my poem was supposed to be whimsical - as is the category this poem is posted within! Have fun and watch out for those three legged rabbits! Or frogs in wheel chairs (and no legs left) coming out of restaurants!