Crooked As They Come
Total cop out ... criminal eyes
don’t ever confess
Grifter smiles will make a mark frown,
put smirks on politricking class clowns
Public trust,
it only grows less
Oh, from the top down,
the Elmer Gantry carnival tent
is crooked as they bum rush come
Gold coin theft renown ...
Every eye is on the take squint,
each time the cash register’s rung
Rotten roots staked in the ground,
silver spoils just laying all around
Crooked glasses
on the Pinocchio nose of Clark Kent
Bent knee masses
pray that Superman get the bail lent
Simple math ... take the borrowed sums
Skimmed milk money numbers —
sticky fingers are honey licking the gums
Stolen boo tax school hall monitor pass
open wide the home room Treasury vault door
Pyramid scheme tent coming down fast,
politricksters got hands out, trying to take more
Captain America won’t say where the cash went,
even tho’ he vig knows where the money got sent
It’s a Crying Man crisis situation,
things are crooked Nile as they come
Telly mutes speak lying divination,
Crocodile shut jaws gonna stay mum
Copyright © Freddie Robinson Jr. | Year Posted 2018
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