foretells how many pockmarks will appear on your lover’s face
Sleeping on your back will flatten your head’s shape
but sleep on your stomach and you’ll induce nightmares
Eating the fat inside the crab sharpens the mind
so too the roe extracted from the steamed fish
Never let your feet touch cold water from the bathtub or
the sea on days when you’re menstruating
Pinch the nose before age six when the cartilage is pliable
so the nasal bridge will grow narrow and high
Drift asleep with your hair wet
and you’ll suffer from decades of migraines
You’ll wreck your eyesight poring over pages in low light
but looking at all things green from a distance can coax it back”
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