Barterers And Their Wives

Trading, fading, taking, breaking
 Barter away their lives
 Crowding the city gates
 Shunning the master's fate
 Low decisions they envision
 Cleaning the pauper's plates
 In the marketplace changing commonplace friends
 Come to banter on odds to meet their own ends
 Barterers hold their own
 Pinching on what they loan
 After seeding, people pleading
 Spending the heat alone
 Who will sacrifice pride for being nice game?
 He's in season and that's the reason he came
 Barterers and their trade
 Lately fall back to fade
 Every evening, packing, leaving
 Counting on what they've made
 Wifely cooking will keep them looking their best
 As they smile and set out beguiling with jest
 Trading, fading, taking, breaking
 Barter away their lives