Poetry

Robbing Banks

A banker is a man who knows Just how the money comes and goes. He listens as the money hums. It comes and goes but mostly comes To nestle in his banker’s hat Which makes him happy, rich and fat. A banker has a bank and there Is money in his special care. So robbing banks will do the biz Since banks are where the money is. If banks are what you want to rob, Now is the time to do the job. The money’s piled on shelves and racks, In safes and chests and bags and sacks, Golden guineas,…

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