Thirteen
I can't help belief in the superstitious movements of Thirteen.
Why unlucky thirteen?
Can you join with seven then fate may turn in?
One has three wives on back,
When you are on calendar, Two Mynas won’t track,
Third eye won’t open, if misfortune sings,
Sign of Four haunts before all surroundings,
Five powers fear to worship,
In Six seasons, your face needs never to peep,
Seven stars resent in astronomical count,
Atom forgets Octet of creating compound,
Prohibited in Kingdom to wear Nine Jades,
Defeated and arrogant Ravan lost Ten heads,
Eclipse is sick– thus Moon shines on Eleventh day,
Before Twelve, the forty thieves gasp and fly away,
Scattered some cursed old fables,
Four Twenty leans to see again new troubles.
What better will be for you Thirteen?
You can think me your own ——by taking your sin.
(2010)
In Christianity, the Last Supper had thirteen attendants, during which Jesus Christ revealed that one of the guests would betray him. Legend tells that afterward one of the Apostles, Judas Iscariot, did so and turned Jesus over to the Romans. This led to the crucifixion of Jesus. It is also claimed that Judas sat at the thirteenth place at the Last Supper's table. As a result of this betrayal, the number 13 has maintained a bad reputation and has a superstitious characteristic in Christian culture.
