Oh, shit.

I don’t know if you’re up on it,
but the new superstition’s have come in
and the latest off the presses
is that if you check the wall clock after midnight
before going to bed,
you gon’ die.

I got word earlier in the day,
so I could shut down my wall clocks
and it’s a non-issue
but if you still got clocks up,
don’t look at that shit after it’s struck twelve
– which I see it has done.
You be careful now, boy.

Every minute now is a risk.

Maybe it’s best if you just go to sleep
even if you just put some coffee into you.
Just go to bed and close your eyes until morning,
that’s my advice.
Don’t look at any clocks until the dawn,
else who knows what kind of rigor mortis
you gonna experience.

Maybe you can just close your eyes
and swing a bat at your walls to get rid of that crap?

What?
Hell, yes, I’m superstitious.

Maybe you’d be, too, if you’d seen your mother’s back broken
as many times as I have.

You watch that shit, kid.

Watch that clock, too.