Sunday, September 1, 2024

Scams: Elegy 23

 

Scams


The pendulum between

Rage and forgiveness

Selina calls it

Someone wrote asking

For money for

The killer’s psychiatric

Exam (which is

Private in Samoa)

Someone else asked

For money for

The killer’s daughter

Who didn’t have

One / I said

No / I cannot

Forgiveness is gift

Not offered in

Exchange for money

The grifter still

Grifts from prison

Says she’ll plead

Guilty then not

Demands release on

Bail wants wants

Wants wants wants

She gave us grief

Our daily bread

How do we

Offer it back

This heart appliance

I remember Sina

Calling to tell

Me about her

First Nigerian scam

Letter before we

Knew what they

Were something about

A prince a

Bank account her

Money to save

Someone in distress

She didn’t fall

For that good

Story but when

She entered Sia’s

Door she did

Not come out

Again / alive


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