Shakedown Poems - Poems about Shakedown

The Whip That Flogs The Devil

...There’s a good man deep inside me
though most could never tell,
when I’m brawlin’ with the devil
drinkin’ booze and raisin’ hell.

Over and Under

...
Melanin lamentation
It appears to be the color of dread
Locked in
is a private penal profiteering feeling
Black site
has a plantation clandestine skin
Making abolition voices
invisibl...

Afterglow

..."Signal! Raise the alarm bells,
For rebels sink below the swells!
Watchmen! Let the rebels know,
Sin creates the Undertow."

Against the Enemy's death throes,
The Justifier, winnows!
"I will s...

Agreements Are Shams

...Agreements are Shams!

Agreements are shams that the wise call a shakedown,
the wisest trust conflict, will work what’s at hand.
Agreements exist when folks (forced to) ar...

Uncouth Operator

...
*This poem is sung to the music of Sade's seminal song, "Smooth Operator."


Intro:

He’s ranting with a spiteful hurl,
and taunting with a choler heart
Spewing crude statements, ...

Cement Shoes

...
With a heavy heart,
the sorrow in it 
feels 
           all
	       hope
            is
sinking

And with my last breath,
I’m gonna tell all ...
what I was 
	          dropped
		...

Teeth Chattering Mental Shake

...teeth are chattering
mental shakedown in the works
forward march body...

Socialism

...
Socialism
My Opinion
Tom
8-1-2019

Politicians promise anything to get, or stay, elected,
Socialism won’t save the world and should be rejected.
They endeavor to convince others that...

Sharpshooter Sam

...shake
shuffle
shamefully
shifty shakedown
sham



AP: Honorable Mention 2025...

Autumn Afterglow

...What a cruel let down
A heartbreaking shakedown
When summer bliss
Exits with a sunny kiss
How short-lived the days
That conjure our praise
October gales abruptly call
Announcing the arrival of...

Baroness Von Knaughty

...

Kinky boots ... 
kicking naked truth
Stripped bare
down to the nightshade roots

Temptress gaze ... 
collecting laundered money 
off the dirty parquet

Her pay-for-play
get the t...

No One In Their Right Mind

...third party shakedown

                             blow by blow

                    right mind's got front row







MagiCicada 13...

Big Island Shakedown

...The volcano Kilauea
Was bursting its seams to Waimea
Donald Trump came across
Shouting, "I am da boss!
Drop yer drawers and my lawyers will pay yuh!"...

Siberian Snow Blindness

...


Have you seen any suspicious Russians
roving around the Capitol grounds lately, sir?

Why, no I haven’t
By the way, 
what does a Russian look like,
I dare ask with curious dismay
...

Seeing Less and Less

...

More Les C. Moore musing ...


Les C. Moore is back people,
and he’s mad as can be
A shakedown is going on,
and he don’t like what he see
Somewhere in a dark place,
dirty deals are...

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