On Profiteering

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Although I hate
 A profiteer
With unabat-
 Ed loathing;
Though I detest
 The price they smear
On pants and vest
 And clothing;

Yet I admit
 My meed of crime,
Nor do one whit
 Regret it;
I'd triple my
 Price for a rhyme,
If I thought I
 Could get it.

© Franklin Pierce Adams