Swamp Monsters

Oleaginous swamp monsters

Inhabit the swamp where they

Carry out nefarious deeds,

Victimizing their prey.

 

Pertinacious in how they manage

To obfuscate their acts,

They disregard well-meaning

Attempts to get at facts.

 

Fleecing America, laundering money,

Wily defrauding banks,

And practicing insider trading:

Some ways they fill their tanks.

 

How their greed pushes them

To plot and plan and scheme!

How they pledge allegiance to

The Swamp Monster Supreme!

 

They do their best to cover their tracks.

Not only do they smother

Investigations, but they also

Steal from one another!

 

Who can get away with more?

Who can feel no shame?

Who can withstand more shocking scandals?

It almost becomes a game.

 

Many people will fall for the lies.

They can rest assured

That falsehoods will be one thing to which

They'll have become inured.

 

As long as the murky swamp remains,

The swamp monsters will thrive.

If we fail to take on the monsters,

How will we ever survive?

 

-by Bob B (8-9-18)