Stewart Simms Poet Limerick

Willie Sutton

Willie Boy was a banker’s bad dream
And his name has become like a meme
He was smallish in size
And he mastered disguise
To become a bank robber supreme

Mr Sutton was not a word whiz
And you’d not hear his name in show biz
But his quote I prefer
Came to him while in stir
“I rob banks ‘cause that’s where money is”

Willie knew how to beat an alarm
But he never meant anyone harm
Though a quite charming man
Willie used a good a good plan
Said, “You can’t rob a bank with just charm.”

He was known as a gentleman’s thief 
Who would try to keep robberies brief
He would not even try
If a woman would cry
But back then that was not much relief

It is said he stole two million bucks
With a charm and a method deluxe
Yes he did hold a gun
 But of bullets had none
Since he knew a gun often destructs

When at last Willie walked from the slam
He would try to stay out of a jam
He recorded an ad
For a credit card fad
Saying, “ Now people know who I am”

Willie tried to obey all the laws
And abandoned his criminal cause
He consulted with banks
For which they expressed thanks
‘Cause he helped fix security flaws

All the money he earned in his day
In retirement was frittered away
He had no real net wealth
And he lost his good health
Not surprising since he went astray

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