Although
it’s a hard row to hoe
a rough furrow to harrow
and a tough trench to plough
there’s many a meadow to mow
I hereby avow
and tho' it may be news to you
farmers have the need
to sow their seeds
where milkmaids milk the cows
swineherds feed their sows
and shepherds have their pie
and eat it too
in Slough now
fake wishes
favorite dish
trampled with
swineherds
here i lay
opening
die ing
secret
ingredients
pardon ing me
nothing secret
only sacredly
no no no
blinking
woke
under stars love
light embracing me
screaming through spirals
pin holes magnetically magical
rabbits carrots curtain the tortoiseshells
leaving them naked
break dishes
granting
fake
wishes
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