Barney greenway
The rats on / this earth / have nothing on you
An insect / to those which / crawl the sewers
Devourer, plunderer, deceptor
Sniff out a / scheme / and leave the scraps behind
Voracious ? insatiate ? a nose attuned to greed
Devourer, plunderer, deceptor
Evade all traps
And come out gnashing, snarting,
Gnashing, snarting !
Disguise are many
Media palm or man in the street.
They'll scavenge your emotions
And leave you diseased
They'd steal a last possession
And smile as you concede
Devourer, plunderer, deceptor