Take Five

Blink seems tired forth right;

Prose falls poise raise light;

Where reins halts souls saved,

Minds drown flare teeth raved,

Hands lifts close t'ward night.

Brush short string, snare slake

Stand grand piano knows stake;

Black power, white bulbs, plods

Along magic street, bloom trods

Plans south, north tiger snake.

Fight fiend takes seven shots,

Beats drama, drink comes slots,

Sells offer: death hopes pages,

Fools among barns, think wages,

Banks piece games bully knots.

Fires siege lower sword slash,

Sages tread lofty paved flash,

Doves wield, water plane sieve,

Pours, drips, fills, mends, slive,

Soars above heath; ready, clash!

Words might sting under gains,

Often never weigh truth pains;

Fives, fours, three, twain, ounce,

Books watch, train, drive, pounce,

First steps below chill rains.