My Sister,The Loanshark....and Me

So somehow...
Life brought us to this point.
My sister needed money...and I
was gonna get it for her.

So she introduces me to this
"God Fearin Man" that we shall call
The Loan shark...
He was the biggest giver at this
particular local church...
He smiled alot...
(I think that made me not like him)
I could never trust a person who
smiles ALL the time...
like this.. sneaky bastard.
My sister on the other hand..DID
trust him..
said every one went to him...
He told me he would give me the loan
then he told me he was charging 25$
on the hundred...
for 400 dollars..
thats $200 bucks on interest alone..

After 2 months of paying him back.
I stopped...
My sister got scared
and I ....got mad.
He said ..."Look lil lady, a deal is a deal"
He said..."Hey I dont make the rules"
(which Of course he did)
He said... "I gotta eat too"

My sister looked at me...
because she knew what was coming
she knew...I had a MOUTHFULL to say.

I told him... I thought

he was the lowest of the low
hiding behind God in church
every sunday... gleefully
giving his 10%...
yet he has rates of 200%
I asked him...since when
do you get a bigger cut than GOD?
I asked him how could he sleep at night knowing
that as he smiles with help in one hand
he weilds the knife of permanent poverty
in his other hand...
keeping the same people he lives around...down.


He threatned me..said he wouldnt
be responsible for what his nephews
did to me...
and I laughed in his face...
and told him...
I couldnt be held responsible
for the police finding out that
he has an illegal loan business
unregistered with the BBB
operating with no licence...
among OTHER things I knew about him

He eyed me with great disdain...
told me he wished he NEVER woulda met me
and I told him LIKEWISE...
He  begrudgingly agreed to end the debt...
and I told my sister the next time
she needed money....
She better
go give blood
or go sell cookies...
but DON"T call me....
Cause I dont like havin
to strong arm...the streets.
Mr loanshark never saw me again
and he better hope...
He never has too.