Board :Chronicles of the Winds
Author :Truant
Subject :Your salesman, baby.
Date :10/3






           I remember when it was all so tight and
            loose at once. The cloak and dagger were all
           that, and my love. I woke up with dastardly
           thoughts that would paint me the brightest
           smile. I miss them, I can't lie, I'd be a
            fool to do so.

           I see old friends, old colleagues, old
           means to make a buck. I tell myself I'm
           above it; 'That world ain't got nothing
            for you anymore Truant', I'll say so empowered.

           But it's there. I won't and can't forget it.
           The same friends and faces come up, but what
           they get back isn't the same anymore. Nah,
           they don't hear a man trying to break a fold;
           They hear a man trying to make a sale. Cheap.

           Beyond their stride of clandestine and
            danger - I'm thriving in a life of spotlights
           and proper wagers. You think I'd turn it up?
           You'd think I'd clammor at people's dirty
           little secrets like the rat - hoping for a
           snippet of a morsel because it tastes sweet?
           Again?!
           
           No no, my boy. While you are still in your
           own private romance of the world working;
            You are alone. I could vomit on those words.
           The lie I couldn't see as a truth. Pretty too, I
           thought my cloak and dagger methods could never
           see the sunshine - but I was wrong.

           Where you see your cleverness, I see my prospect.
           When you're about credit, I'm about stature.
            When you're asking for the streets to call your
            name and all you're getting is 'How much?'
     
           You'll know why I wised up.

           You're playing a fool's game, m'boy and
           I'm glad you'll never sully the title of
            a proper, well-to-do businessman.

                                     Very glad.

                                               - T