Numbered Alive

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One
Two
Sticky goo

Three
Four
Clean the gore

Five
Six
Bucket of ticks

Seven
Eight
Fuel their hate

Nine
Ten
Collect the yen

Eleven
Twelve
Upon the shelves

Thirteen
Fourteen
The perfect gene

Fifteen
Sixteen
Harvest the spleen

Seventeen
Eighteen
Babies to wean

Nineteen
Twenty
Let's breed plenty

One two buckle my shoe
Three, four, knock at the door
Five, six, pick up sticks
Seven, eight, lay them straight
Nine, ten, a big fat hen
Eleven, twelve, dig and delve
Thirteen, fourteen, maids a-courting
Fifteen, sixteen, maids in the kitchen
Seventeen, eighteen, maids in waiting
Nineteen, twenty, my plate's empty

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