Taxers

Taxers, like hyenas, pass
by the richly nourished and chase
the weakers to exhaustion, drain
their bodies, leave bits and pieces

for the jackals, and the jackals lean
back from the sidewalk table,
sip pricey tea, exhaust the bits
and pieces, and the hyenas find

another chaser. Taxers, like leaches,
know they can forever find one more
weaker to drain. Jackals, like lobbyists,
know they can forever find

one more hyena to dance.