when thieves make an honest living. Meaning: never. Hedge funds, philanthropies; billowing silk parachutes, insurance- lined. Earnestly they say they've earned their keep, take home the coin they worked for. Between seasons, I'll look through closets, putting a hand into coat pockets for stray quarters and dimes. If there were hidden sacks or sleeves in the skin, the gold-bent would fleece them. Would slit the seams from throat to hem.