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Thread #58232 Message #3970720
Posted By: FreddyHeadey
09-Jan-19 - 06:44 AM
Thread Name: rhymes for counting Magpies
Subject: RE: rhymes for counting Magpies
pleasantly dark : One for sorrow Thick as her blood Two for joy Sun after the flood Three for a girl Eyes open forever Four for a boy Who’s ever so clever Five for silver The gleam of his knife Six for gold Why he’s taken her life Seven for a secret Never to be told Eight for a wish To never grow old Nine for a kiss Of forbidden desire Ten for a bird Stole the tongue of a liar Eleven for a funeral The coffin so small Twelve for Hell Through broken glass they’ll crawl And Thirteen for the Devil Who’s come to take them all