Barney Greenway

The rats on / this earth /
have nothing on you
An insect / to those which /
crawl the sewers

Devourer, Plunderer,
deceptor

Sniff out a / scheme / and
leave the scraps behind
voracious ? Insatiate ? A
nose attuned to greed

Devourer, Plunderer,
deceptor

Evade all traps
And come out gnashing,
snarting,
gnashing, snarting !

Disguise are many
Media palm or man in the
street.

They'll scavenge your
emotions
and leave you diseased
They'd steal a last
possession
and smile as you concede

Devourer, Plunderer,
deceptor