The spotlight cuts through the dim
Into it the ancient salesman
swaggers in
Armed with slick confidence
bordering on arrogance
Like a Shakespearean thespian
he takes control of the stage
This is his canvas
where the artist crafts
another persuasive masterpiece
of half truths wrapped in sincere promises
A virtuoso master class performance
fine tuned over time
to lure in the pigeons
and relieve them of coin
But it's a different flock today
Fact checking his every pitch
real time on their hand held devices
Still our hero keeps dancing
Like a fly caught in a web of reality
The more he spins the deeper he sinks
It's just not easy selling
to skeptical consumers
who ain't buying
And when your financial existence
is based entirely on commission
this is a fatal condition
for the well dressed dinosaur
who now sees his extinction
So it went
for the salesman once great
Death by internet
was his inevitable fate
