Lurking Spiders
They arrive wearing
white shirts,
black ties,
expensive suits
fat wallets...
They linger as
threatening spiders,
weaving webs
of deception
in the halls,
on the front steps,
and in small closets
of back rooms.
They are
black widows
and brown recluses,
creeping along
feeding on others
focused on
self-interests,
without regard
to any other
living thing.
They give
money for favors,
to insure
high prices
in every commodity,
from drugs to oil,
from AAA to XYZ.
They pollute
the land.
They pollute
our bodies.
They pollute
our government.
They are called
lobbyist but they
are the spiders
capturing every
living thing
in their web
and eating all
from top to bottom.
Step on them.
Squash them.
Sweep them away,
before there
is none
of us
left.
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