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Argot

by Joshua Gage

That's the way the breadloaf crumbles.
That's the way the tower tumbles.
That's the way the old crone dances.
That's the way the drunkard stumbles.

That's the way the needle lances.
That's the way the fawn prances.
That's the way the blood seeps.
That's the way the hand glass enhances.

That's the way the bride weeps.
That's the way the princess sleeps.
That's the way the teapot chips.
That's the way the whisper keeps.

That's the way the scissors snip.
That's the way the ivy grips.
That's the way the gambler travels.
That's the way the winter whips.

That's the way the judge gavels.
That's the way the mountain gravels.
That's the way the spindle pricks.
That's the way the noose unravels.

That's the way the fence gate sticks.
That's the way the lamp wicks.
That's the way the hearth is collowed.
That's the way the serpent licks.

That's the way the path is followed.
That's the way the bone is hollowed.
That's the way the hangman humbles
and that's the way the moon is swallowed.

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Joshua Gage

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