knock on wood

i carry

a small board in my back

pocket

nearly everywhere i go

these days.

mainly

because nothing is made

of wood

anymore,

it's all plastic

and vinyl, or glass,

or some manmade

material

created by

mad

scientists

in a Chinese lab.

it's just a small piece

of balsa wood, but

it'll do when the time

comes,

as it often does

in conversation, 

to knock on wood.