the heirophant - a request

they say it is the holy show




this wisened charlatan



borrowed plummage upstart crow



as hand sleights slighted began



the keeper of this oratory



fills the baskets with poor invites



tell them an olden story



and promises devine delights



always hungry always smiling



it never eats or cooks



snapped by the metal curve reviling



the toungue with thousand hooks



cause is it luck or fortune gold



heaven's gifts he relates



fate may favor the bold



but forgets her unfortunates