Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BARTER, by GENEVIEVE PARRIS


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BARTER, by                    
First Line: Would you trip the light fantastic
Last Line: I would.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The


Would you trip the light fantastic;
Do the Highland Fling;
List to the night bird's call,
Be tempted by the thing;

Would you side-step for one moment
The straight and narrow way;
Court disaster;
Walk with death,
To taste of Paradise?
I would.





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