Charity Scams



Charity fated to show leaves a telltale stain
Gifts are easy to bestow from ill-gotten gain
Those who have the most usually give the least
Like a selfish host they eat their own feast

Charity junketeering leaves a unjust score
Excessive profiteering often robs the poor
Those who have the least usually give the most
Like a humble priest they refuse to boast

Charity for the bosses leaves a bitter taste
Siphoning off the losses indicate big waste
Those who have the most usually give the least
Like a selfish host they eat their own feast

Charity marketeering leaves a willful weave
Innovative targeting pinpoint the nanve
Those who have the least usually give the most
Like a humble priest they refuse to boast

Charity tugging the heart leaves a sense of guilt
Disloyalty on their part borders on a jilt
Those who have the most usually give the least
Like a selfish host they eat their own feast
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme aaBB xxCC ddBB eeCC ffBB
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 878
Words 159
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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