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Barterers & their wives

Barterers & their wives

Trading, fading, faking, breaking,

Barter away their lives

Crowding the city gate

Shunning the master s fate

Low decisions they envision,

Cleaning the paupers plates

In the marketplace, trading commonplace friends

Come to banter on odds to meet their own ends

Barterers hold their own

Pinching on what they loan

After seeding, people pleading,

Spending the heat alone

Who will sacrifice pride for being nice game

He s in season & that s the reason he came

Break

Barterers & their trade

Lately fall back to fade

Every evening, packing, leaving,

Counting on what they ve made

Wifely cooking will keep them looking their best

As they smile & set out beguiling with jest

Barterers & their wives

Barterers & their wives

Trading, fading, faking, breaking,

Barter away their lives

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