Vermin
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.
Theyll scavenge your emotions
And leave you diseased
Theyd steal a last possession
And smile as you concede
Devourer, plunderer, deceptor