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The Confidence Man

A poem

By Mother CombsPublished 3 years ago • 1 min read

He’ll draw you in

Telling you lies

Saying what you

Want to hear

He’ll try to sell

You a big hoax

Or something

He doesn’t own

All while he

Peddles his

Snake oils

And when he’s

Found out

He’ll blame you

Calling you an

Easy mark

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He comes from afar

To sell you a special jar

Something he swears you need

It’ll taste worse than seaweed

He’ll claim it’ll reverse your age

But take my counsel, you know it's sage

Don’t give him a plumb nickel

Chase him off with a sickle

He’s nothing but a confidence man

And he’ll take you for all that he can

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Mother Combs

Come near, sit a spell, and listen to tales of old as I sit and rock by my fire. I'll serve you some cocoa and cookies as I tell you of the time long gone by when your Greats-greats once lived.

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    Written by Mother Combs