LEECHES

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WHAT ARE THEY

A HANGER-ON

THEY’RE THOSE WHO CAN SUCK BLOOD OUT OF A STONE

UNTIL THEY HAD ENOUGH

AND MOVE ON TO ITS NEXT HOST

SOMEONE LIKE YOU OR I

AND SOMETIMES LOOK LIKE YOU OR I

WITH A SMILE FROM EAR TO EAR

YET THEY HAVE NO SOUL INSIDE THEM

THEY ARE WIDE EYED, AND PARCHED

THEY WILL SUCK YOU TILL YOUR DRY

LEAVING YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO ROT AND DIE

WHERE ARE THEY

THOSE ANNELID WORMS

USUALLY THEY TRAVEL THE FRESH WATERS

OF RIVERS AND STREAMS

BUT THESE LEECHES STEAL PEOPLES LIVES AND DREAMS

THEY’RE EVERYWHERE

ACROSS THE STREET

DOWN THE ROAD

IN SOMEONES FAMILY

AT MARKETS AND STORES

AND PLACES PEOPLE HANG OUT EVEN MORE

SOMEONE WHO HAS EVERYTHING

EVERYTHING THAT’S YOURS OR MINE

WHO ARE THEY

THEY’RE DOWN RIGHT THIEVES

THEY SMILE, AND SAY HELLO

THEY LOOK AND THEY LEER

FOR SOMEONE TO FOLLOW

THESE LEECHES ARE PEOPLE

WHO TAKE WITH NO FEAR

AS THEY TALK WITH US, THEY CONSUME US

COLLECTING INFORMATION

TO TELL US WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR

MANY LEECHES ARE THE PROFESSIONAL

THOUSANDS MAYBE MILLIONS

AS THEY TRY TO RULE THE EARTH

SUCKING AND SUCKING

UNTIL THEY SEE THE MILLIONS OF TEARS

OF LIVES THEY HAVE CHANGED ONLY OUT OF FEAR

SO ALWAYS BEWARE

THESE LEECHES HAVE A GLARE

A FEATURE WE DON’T SHARE

LEECHES DON’T CARE

Joseph A DeVoe

9/20/09