To a Grabber + 

If, Prentiss Maslin, you would kindly leave + 

A coin or two of what the State has hoarded + 

We’d think it generous of you; for we’ve + 

But just begun our fortunes to retrieve, + 

Having lost all our treasury afforded + 

To certain robbers, who, departing, left + 

Us you as a memorial of the theft. + 

Memorial? Bless you! you’re the very thing + 

Incarnate⁠—and by no means any cleaner + 

For incarnation. Sir, you are the king + 

Of crimes, grown great and proud remembering + 

When you were young and but a misdemeanor. + 

Let lesser souls be ravenous of pelf, + 

He scorns the gains of greed who’s greed itself. + 

What! shall a firework covetously yearn + 

While splendoring the skies⁠—a gorgeous rocket + 

Where golden constellations grandly burn⁠— + 

To take the earth along? ’Tis sad to learn + 

That even the robe of glory has a pocket. + 

In you, alas! I’d fondly hoped to see + 

One man that loved himself unselfishly. + 