Vermin

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