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Hidden Hand Inurned


Snake oily palms
got a-plenty 
under the table plans

Synthetic sly reptilian smile
bewitching many
Picking pockets with a hidden hand

Real filthy lucre fingernails 
have the zircon gluttonous glow
that enticingly Endora sells 

Dirty laundered money
boa clutches 
that unclean epidermal soul

Those cobra soundbytes ain’t adder funny,
them sticky finger touches
love taking venom spit control

Dealing so anaconda treacherous 
from the bottom of the deck
Pale poker face don’t wink reveal the poison ivy tell

Diamondback enamel scales
cover thorny digits — 
Five fingers of sleight close the eclipse-colored veil  

Oz-vader gator vice grip
unevenly tilt the bottom line balance
Stolen zeroes get a counterfeit eulogy farewell 

Sympathetic shakes of hollow sincerity
accompany the revenue loss burial
Tainted double-cross lots of empty purse plots

Fervent loan believers only learn
when they forfeiture fit get iron glove squeezed
By the mint hidden hand inurned

Phantom phalanges scratch pilfering churn ...   
fungi finger worms make the dirty green soil toxic turn
Emitting a dollar scent viper vapor burned

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020




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Date: 3/8/2020 3:46:00 PM
Damn... Will hand cream help?
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Date: 3/6/2020 11:12:00 PM
You have such a striking turn of phrase - it's important not to be fooled by the gilded tongue, it hides the venom until it's too late-
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