Glimmer Man

Glimmer man – glimmer man

Shiny dazzling shimmer man

Constantly recalculates value of all

Not warmth nor love does he recall

Boasting - toasting his diversified portfolio

If debt or interest to him you owe

Obsessively singular in his thought

Repayment, assuredly, will be sought

Glimmer man – glimmer man

Has there ever been a grimmer man?

To increasing wealth compulsively driven

An atom of self will not be given

Without a promissory note

Or an advantageous quote

He is selfish/stingy/greedy - with all he says or is

At pinching a penny ‘til it screams – he’s quite a natural wiz

When mortality meets him face to face we’ll bury him with his gold

Entombed, surrounded by treasures rich 
Just as the Pharaohs of old

In death, as in life, he will be unchanged
If the truth be told

Whether corpse or living-breathing man
Unfeeling, hard and cold