Tuesday, July 30, 2019

The Price

By their own will and their sworn vow
Since the blind cock on dunghill crowed
It was too late for them now
For all that they had come to know
They'd pledged a soul unto St. Toad
By their own will and their sworn vow
Since first they'd read 'The Golden Bough'
And walked the spiral winding road
It was too late for them now
Omens were seen, the farrowing sow
Birthed wizened piglet things that glowed
By their own will and their sworn vow
They'd seen the red-eyed white-winged Clough
Perched on the roof of their abode
It was too late for them now
The weakest one, whose power was low!
Would be the sacrifice they owed
By their own will and their sworn vow
It was too late for them now.

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