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As a kid we had the five-second rule:
if you dropped something, especially food,
you had that much time before germs settled in.

Though I did favor more a three-second version
depending on the drop’s locale.

Forty percent less likelihood for foreign biology to hitch a ride
should a sandwich or a lover’s heart ever touch cobblestone.

Beware the violent rip on the lower back
as you plunge in time
to retrieve
your item.

© Chagall 2014