o oppidan of the house
come here
and give me heed
credence I crave for
a word
look here you are with
sold
properties abounding
and not
yet so much with larder
you are cash-rich you
are sunk
I beg to say in certain
indifferent investments
therefore I say to you
look ye to here
before you the town ye
have sold
as was it to no use before
you
before a likewise judge
meet for fitting
word and praise together
for the nonce
what other councillors
may say thereafter
simply means ye are bilked
and that
right swiftly
frighted as ye are from
your houses
by a gang of idle ruffians
hired to this purpose
alone you have left off
paying quit rent
so to have your mortgage
won in speculation
on some grander emprize
oh ye are good ye are
wise
know all men by these
presents
the ermined key-man who
closes shop and shutters town for a few years
and overnight is known
as the chief bidder on a small town plot
he names for a freehold
appertaining to new seigniorage
under diverse names and
foundries
under the plastic name
submitted by force majeure
at the appointed time
and place
and you are ensconced
no more
but have your papers
to peddle
on the declining wharf
but so you dispraise
all else to seem you the happier of all men
by these presents such
that thereabouts any
in hearing of the newsboys'
cries
withers at the sight
of you
impotently decrying the
turn of fortune
so sudden your way out
and slow as Christmas
on the upside
alas and heu
for you
yes you
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