a shakedown

a shakedown

gone awry

but they wouldnt get what awry meant

both a little too thick

but those who put them up to it

banged the buttons on their cash registers to S O L D

who wanted to do an end-around rather than play it legit

theyd get it

when it got back to them

you want things like this to get backed up

like a toilet

the shit backed up and spilling onto their shoes

their expensive Italian leather shoes

thatll piss them off

not the two thugs they sent that got busted up

a little bit too obvious

a little too over the top

though that was their risk

but the shit on THEIR shoes

the business cards they carelessly tossed into their attaché cases which morphed 

into a steaming turds

thats what gobs up their sudden attention

but only briefly  just long enough to really get their blood percolating

get it hot

up in their eyes

then bringing them down

real cold

using the tire iron on the backs of their skulls

that they had wanted all for you

sometimes thats what greed gets ya

it aint always the wag of a pretty fairway iron in your manicured hands

1725,  Sunday,  2  12. 11