you did you not hire me
to nurse your new baby and now
you want me to concoct a potion
to cure a rash give me three hairs
from your head and the first egg
laid on the Sabbath
you want me to cook bent pins
in a pot of urine to know
if your wife is unfaithful
want me to interpret your sneezes
to know if you’ll have a good harvest
I’ll walk in and out of the sick room
three times to take the disease with me
yes I cursed the person
who would not give me milk
do your sneezes come with apparitions
bringing bad news it is possible
that you will die soon