Chimeric illusions of grandeur

Seventeen thousand special K
vanished into thin air
in one fell swoop life savings
fraudulent fiend did clear
yours truly duped
courtesy scammer with consummate flair
rowdies in peanut gallery doth jeer
raucous insult to injury outware
any remaining shred,
where peace of mind concerned
unraveling threads feeling victimized
Harvey Specter's lobbed hand grenades
fractured, exploded, destroyed... psyche
how mean spirited and unfair.

Amidst din in noggin
analogous to tower of Babel
meaningless mysterious cable
enclosed holding key
to deliver remuneration
bringing tears of joy
and Hollywood ending
to torturous surreal fable
decrypted applying
following conversion table
7.15 6.21.14.4 13.5
fiasco from fraudster
(fiendish) frazzles father
would elicit flickering salvation.

 

I still haint reckoned with reality
and shake me head in disbelief

mourning forsaken legal tender
while yours truly merrily

strolling along information superhighway

unexpected encountering grief

sorely missing nest egg
linkedin with devilish scheme hatched
when computer hacker
impersonating Apple technician
lured me into a virtual net.

 

He (who spoke

with a clipped English affect)
his trust earned,
though no questions I asked him,
thus never double checked

truthfulness of authenticity
regarding his being credentialed
by Apple Computer Company
only after the fact painfully learning
checking and savings accounts wrecked.

 

Expertise with fleecing

sheepish folks like me
most likely found him laughing

all the way to the bank

donning poised demeanor ernest and frank
allowed, enabled, and provided

being emboldened, empowered

to pull off heist,

which legerdemain possibly refined

playing many a boyhood prank
pull the wool over my eyes

and extracting legal tender

he slyly, knowingly,

and deftly did yank

 

key personal information
compromising willpower to remain alive,
whereat suicidal ideation
(via prescription medication overdose)
teases as modus operandi to escape
death by a thousand cuts

unsure how I can weather insolvency,

a bitter battle to survive
and bear witness to monies thrive.