Grifters Poems - Poems about Grifters

Grifters and grafters lurk in the rafters

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grifters and grafters,
hang like bats in the rafters,
feasting on the moths—
they charm while skimming their schemes,
build loophole ladders of graft...

The Grifters

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They do not spend their time at home
the way most families do 
Talking of the day’s events
and dreams they will pursue

Oh no, this family’s different
they’re led by dirty Don
Steeped in lif...

Time Is Running Out

...Right and wrong are human concepts, and like
night and day, it's clear what sets them apart.
Fight or flight, warps my outlook and clouds my
Sight, for I stop listening to my heart.

My ...

Smooth operators

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There’s a demon on my shoulder, 
clipping toenails into my ear
An angel on the other,
nibbles wax so I can hear
He makes balm for my lips, 
lights candles once a year
Both play devil’s advo...

the gs have it

...gigantic girlish ghouls gathered at Gate’s gazebo
glabrous ghouls glistening grotesque globs of gloom
gothic goldbricking good-for-nothing gossips on the go
green-eyed grandstanding grifters, gues...

Loophole

...Faith's journey of exploration,
helps us to see life's suspension
as its completion, not its end,
creation, includes ascension.

Learn how to distinguish a friend
from grifters who only...

A New Start For America

...Out with infighting and lack of general respect,
Let’s restore our Congressional reputation
Rank partisanship and grandstanding
While padding their own coffers, I expect!

Let’s rid o...

Frankenstein Tea Party 2021

...Science and scientists can be very divisive.
Some seek truth; others seek accolades.
My creator was such a man
Who made me to demonstrate his greatness
And denied me instead.

I am not cruel, u...

A Message From Hell

...A light summer rain falls across distant blue mountains.  
I have a pretty cottage by a winding stream. 
This evening I recline in a garden chair
on a sloping lawn.  
I merely need to think of a ...

The Prophet

...In a dream the Almighty said, “You have a gift – go and prophesy.” 
Like the celebrated prophets of long ago, I thought, “Oh gee, oh my!” 

Political messages came fast and furious over the next f...

Exemplar

...Did I learn a worthy trade?  Study war as a warrior? 
Was I a helper, a first responder,
nurse, nanny, priest, pumpkin farmer,
a horny handed laborer,
did I lecture nitwit’s on the liberal arts o...

The Eagle Survives

...In this tumultuous political climate
I find both parties irrelevant and obsolete

They do not speak to me or my families’ needs
Neither do they consider our suffering 

Day after day immigrants...

Italy Isn'T So Little

...The blonde went down  
with not must resistance
shunning off a stressful afternoon
 
the scene played of society, high
as I peered at all the pretense
and pretend of an I want to be...

Your Vote's The Antidote

...Your vote's not a privilege, it's a right;
earned through the sacrifice of blood and tears.
And cast in private, it's the only light
you have to highlight your concerns and fears.
It give...

Sugar Coated Go Daddies

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	Grifters ... 
parasites of polite society
Practitioners of the long and short con,
two-armed trust bandits
prying open the window of retiring dreams
They tell some real tasty good be...

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