Sarah had my heart
She held it like a bird between her hands and crushed it,
Crushed it until the sap ran out
...I deserved this, for ignoring my suspicions
For so long,
But still my heart beats
And still it loves
And my heart flew away
When she was not looking
All broken bones, that bird flew away
And it will draw the bones into place
And set them together
That they may knit,
And I will look in future
For the still, small lies
That hide behind kisses
And not get caught
In the nets
Of a liar
Again
Violence, phishing scams
if no guns, vans are battering ram
AI can save busy execs twelve minutes
defraud seniors of their life savings
~ no limits
Before Valentines Day
romance scams are on the rise.
Beware of a stranger talking sweet,
invading your cyber world.
Flattery will get you talking,
texting soul secrets and desires.
Phishing is his only business,
and after you are truly hooked
he'll reel in your bank account!
PS: He's really not a sheikh from Dubai!
telephone rings
another fake charity
who falls for it
Bankers have a license to steal
money from their clients
if you make a mistake
the bank can steal your money
as part of their banking license
Governments have a license
to steal money
from the public
its is called taxation
or confiscation
It seems
that police these days
have a license
to kill
unarmed brown people
but only brown people
and the president
has a license
to lie
as he lies
all the time
just because he can
and I have
the ultimate license
the poetic license
to write
these verses
to enlighten the masses
I received an exciting soup mail
I’m minted, with wealth off the scale
But I know it’s a fraud
By some bloke from abroad
These fraudster’s should be put in jail
Got a call from a ‘Microsoft’ guy*
His fake story I did not buy
Said he’d turn off my ‘puter
And re-route my router
He told me just lie after lie
These scammers just want a quick buck
They try to find a sitting duck
They’re after our money
It sure isn’t funny
Their unscrupulous actions just suck
We have had several calls from 'Microsoft' saying our computer is at risk and they can help protect us ... I just put the phone down on them. Unfortunately an elderly friend of ours got taken in by their persistence and when it got to the you need to give us your bank account details part he realised it was a scam and wouldn't give his details but he had inadvertently given them access to remote control his PC and they put a password on it so he couldn't get into his files. It took my hubby several hours to sort out, remove the software programme they were using to control the PC and get the computer back to him so he could use it.
7/7/18
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