in the last analysis
it was not his gullibility
because it could have been so well learned
and the swindling avoided
as early as possible,
frankly speaking
it was his greed, and nothing but his greed,
which made the
swindlers have the last laugh

greed allows
everyone to come and
take everything
everything

RIC S. BASTASA

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-made-the-success-of-the-swindler/