Confidence Man

Shaken,
shook.
Can’t shake you for the life of me
you’re such a crook.
I can’t win but I can’t quit.
Can’t wrap my mind
around
this
shit.
I thought I was the hustler but now I got GOT.
Forgot the rules, now I'm in a jam,
on the spot.
Every Confidence Man knows
you can’t con an honest man.
It’s the greedy ones that fall,
wanting something for nothing-
wanting it all.
I feel like blazing my way out of this
innocent bystanders crawl… and duck for cover.
But selfish keeps telling me
that self is all I got,
‘cause without self I no longer exist.
So I long for your kiss.
But trust - I’m never fully disarmed.
And we both know I’m the wild card in this.