Hired Gun Poems | Examples


Premium MemberThe For-Profit Prophet

     Balaam was a prophet
       who knew every trick in the book
     But when it came to justice and virtue
       he was no better than a crook

     A mercenary, a hired gun
       a man of insatiable greed
     Tried to curse the Jews to feed his need
       But the words that came out were blessings

     All along G-d knew Balaam’s plan
        blunted his evil intentions 
     Exposing Balaam ~ a would-be con-man
Categories: hired gun, corruption, leadership, money,
Form: Rhyme

To Commit To the Actual

unidentified never to be found
mysterious trace evidence
unsourced so not a soul will see  
to view a preferably maintained crime
is harder than it seems 
hired gun dressed up 
in workers dress 
seems to all ways 
to look the best 
take your time 
no one will see 
your real job 
is to quietly end me... 
 cardboard dust that sticks to walls 
makes the best carcinoma pneumonia
for all
 so many particular tricks and so little time to share them all  
no neutrality, makes for a bad Nation
for some but not all
Categories: hired gun, celebrity, corruption, murder, music,
Form: Bio


Have Gun

When I was young, he'd always win
That man in black called Palidin
A hired gun and yet he starred
And always left a business card
That cragy face, that voice of gravel
That was his show, Have Gun Will Travel

Mike Dailey
Have Gun Will Travel
Categories: hired gun, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme

You Are Here Do Not Fear

I am a covering to all who are hovering in the chasm of love's last spasm, take you in and
love you like a brother and kiss you like a sister and hug you like a father and feed you
like a mother....even so was i called to this world and i am yours my love stuck,
fear-strucked little girl...I will be a light from the might of those that harm...I will
take you into my arms...molesting spirits know my Light and fear it...I am a hired gun...I
got Love's bullets...abusers run...I am like a mullet...and i am stacked business upfront
but all party and rejoicing in the back!!!
Categories: hired gun, angstlight, light,
Form: Blank verse
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