vineyard

unmentioned here the long count of pages

letters unnumbered like fruit on a vine

symbols growing through their proper stages

 

one knows or guesses or else just gauges

the costs of being humble or supine

unmentioned here the long count of pages

 

listing completely the rate of wages

for farm and factory and shop and mine

symbols growing through their proper stages

 

not hidden nor kept secret by old mages

but open and inviting as inn-sign

unmentioned here the long count of pages

 

the record now as then of the sad ages

the means by which we know how to divine

symbols growing through their proper stages

 

just so we can confound the older sages

and give the learned reason to repine

unmentioned here the long count of pages

symbols growing through their proper stages