A year and a half ago ,I developed hair on my chin,
in a panic I told the first person I saw and
They said, “It means you will never go hungry.”
Really?! Next you will tell me
Witches don’t fly on brooms anymore
But use toothbrushes now!

I have my beliefs too.
I never wear red when it’s raining
Lest I be struck down by lightning.
Nor do I look at the moon during the daytime
So as not to turn into a thief.

But what you are telling me my friend
it is too farfetched!
How can a single piece of hair
cause one never to go hungry?
That’s illogical!

It’s amazing what the mind cooks up to explain
that which it can’t comprehend.
What you told me, Agnes is what I call magical thinking
I just don’t believe it.

Everyone knows the sign of future wealth is
associated with itchy palms or twitching eyes.
But a single hair on ones chin? Unheard of.

Are you trying to make me believe
That which you made up?
It’s not going to work, for you see
I know almost all our beliefs by heart
For I have been taught this since birth.

Be wary of your tongue my friend
Lying has a number of consequences
Your tongue might fall off or
Get stuck to the roof of your mouth
For trying to deceive someone.

Hair on one’s chin is a sign of virility,
Manliness and honor,
Qualities you and I,
Agnes are not meant to possess.
Do you want our people to think
I have gone mad?
To claim that which our ancestors haven’t given me.
This hair must be removed immediately.