THE MIDDLE MAN



He is the ideal middle man.
And he always has a plan.
Just trust "the man" and feel,
Confident; he'll broker “a deal”.
 
He dresses well like a dandy,
And like a fashionable lady,
Wears a special perfume.
And likes potage de legume.
 
Whatever you need - just name it!
Any crime he can easily commit:
Be it bribery, inside trading,
Fraud, laundering - anything!
 
He has many years of experience.
He does his job with confidence.
He invariably connects people.
For him, nothing is impossible.
 
He goes between them - back,
And forth - be they black,
White, Caribbean, Indian
Asian, European or African.
 
He commits a crime here,
And another over there.
He has no conscience.
He acts for convenience.
 
In return for a professional fee,
He does his job - just like a bee,
Busily promoting corruption,
Hurriedly killing our nation.

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The Middle Man was written and published on www.poetry.com in 2013. It is a poem about the role of middle men in promoting corruption in the Republic of South Sudan.

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Submitted by DengYai on September 06, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IIJJ XXGG CCJJ
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 835
Words 176
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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