Fear of Being Played the Fool

His older brothers
Won’t let him forget
How they used to
Get him to trade
His small dimes
For their big nickels
When he was
Four and five.
To this day,
He still is afraid
Someone out there
Is playing him
For the fool,
And that fear
Doesn’t give him
A moment’s peace.
It is a fear we all hold
To some degree
Or another.