Pome: The Vig, The Vig
Is the racket, the racket…
The Vig, The Vig
the butcher backstreeting a lorryload of hides of prime cow
3-stool barber flying fresh blades in from continental Europe
a cutprice santa claus booked for the village fair
the price of everything is everything
deals done and porkbarrelled
2lbs of apples/get a pack of red-and-white striped candycanes for £1 only
tour the streets
the stores and stalls and coffee parlours and talkingshops and backalley hostelries
the vig is being negotiated
the vig is all
the vig is vigorish
the vigorish rules all the world
and is a dollar bill wrapped thing
that no one ever
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