ODE to a fearful one...
Could be fears the knock on the door?? Or a circling U2 pilot? Or maybe the Raven, that quoth nevermore?
But the cover of desert, nor head in the sand, will neer protect those that would cheat fellow man.
The piper will always be after his pay, the "friends" will desert and go on their way. Leaving the Lackeys, to swing in the wind, It does not always pay to have a Scamster for a friend.