a table set for thousands #2

<div>I have to let the words make mistakes,</div><div>dozens of them, years of them</div><div>tonnes of them</div><div>before</div><div>I take them out to dinner,</div><div>introduce them to dangerous types</div><div>happy holidays, marriage ceremonies</div><div>gainful employment, theft of history</div><div>blood feuds</div><div>strange cousins</div><div>and salesmen, with coins that sparkle</div><div>like wishes in fountains</div>