SIBYL -noun 1. (in ancient Greece and Rome) any of a number of women believed to be oracles or prophetesses, one of the most famous being the sibyl of Cumae, who guided Aeneas through the underworld 2. a witch, fortune-teller, or sorceress
When Christianity took over this land The old sibyls turned into olive trees Forecasting winter at Candlemas
SELVAGE -noun 1. the edge of woven fabric finished so as to prevent ravelling, often in a narrow tape effect, different from the body of the fabric. 2. any similar strip or part of surplus material, as at the side of wallpaper. 3. Also called margin. Philately . the surplus paper or margin around a sheet of stamps. 4. a plate or surface through which a bolt of a lock passes.
I keep my life in selvage Hoping this will keep it From unravelling.
-noun 1. The act of rendering a building defensible by the addition of battlements or by the cutting of loopholes. 2. The state or condition of being crenelated. 3. A battlement. 4. Any notch or indentation.
Crenelations Made to retain sauce But not to resist bites Adding crunch To succumbing pleasure
TORPOR –noun 1. sluggish inactivity or inertia. 2. lethargic indifference; apathy. 3. a state of suspended physical powers and activities. 4. dormancy, as of a hibernating animal.
PRIM –adj. 1. formally precise or proper, as persons or behaviour; stiffly neat. –verb (used without object) 2. to draw up the mouth in an affectedly nice or precise way. –verb (used with object) 3. to make prim, as in appearance. 4. to draw (one's face, lips, etc.) into a prim expression.
Prim windows Bothered by naked figures Pursing their shades In unspoken disapproval