Here is the 2024 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a “Not —?—” poem.

NOT ON YOUR LIFE!

Not on your life!
I would not do that! Eat a garden snail.
Not on your life!
I would not go there! Down a deep, dark well.

Not on your life!
I would not read that! A smutty sex book.
Not on your life!
I would not do that! A human to cook.

Not on your life!
I would not think that! There is no God.
Not on your life!
I would not go there! The way that's broad.

Not on your life!
I would not do that! Dive off a high ledge.
Not on your life!
I would not touch that! A poison oak hedge.

Not on your life!
I would not do that! Cuddle a snake.
Not on your life!
I would not eat that! A bloody raw steak.

But to save your life!
I'd do it all.
To save your life!
I'd take the fall.