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GREED
admit it
i am your favorite sin
go ahead...repeat it to yourself
repeat the chant
greed is good
greed is good
greed is good
greeeed issss gooooood
feel so good just to say it yes?
come..let me take firm root within your soul
let my yawning pit of unending blackness
devour every morsel of your morality
strip you bare of your so-called ethics
render you devoid of compassion
allow me to siphon you like a loving parasite
and fill you with a never-ending
huungerrrrrrr
becoming the tick that sticks its claws into
your stinking god forsaken entrails
and like a vulture in Armani
your eyes covet everything desirable
within your line of sight
let your tongue be steadfast
in telling whatever lies deemed necessary
for I am your necessary evil
the evil that shall bring you into harmonious matrimony
with the other deadly Sins
learn from me...at my knee
as we embark upon our many exploits
be it in those mineral-rich yet
underdeveloped countries of the colored
or in the theft of the creative genius of others
be it in the filthiest crack dens on obscure darkened streets
or in the seductive decor
of the boardrooms of Wall Street
the world is an open market!!!
sell sell sell my Mortimer!
sell drugs
guns
pussy
fabulous imagery
tales of happiness
sell!!!
child labor
prison labor
immigrant labor
sell..sell
gladiators and songstresses
dreams of an afterlife
let your fraudulent sermons fill these
witless vermin with hopes of hollowness
let them stuff your coffers
take whatever they offer
marginalizing as you teach the 'fact' that
money is the root of all evil
yet i was the seed that spawned the root
who bore fruit of my labors
giving birth to that infernal itch
capitalizing on idle minds
conceptualizing the rush for gold
into the great paper chase
into futures bought and sold in cyberspace
where my digits and decimals
decimate dreams in a day
where my speculators estimate a man's net worth
as a suitable whore
to my rating of credit scores
oblivious to how I transformed real wealth into
what is currently defined as currency
and you shall carry on such a legacy
through the acquiring of more wealth through stealth
what is your target/satisfaction number?
more..always...more
know you
this be our first banquet...your first billion
and as promised
you shall drink til your heart's desire within
the decadence of the other sins
lust after whatever your money can buy
destroy those whom you envy
and ravage their spoils
indulge in such vanity as such
to make Narcissus himself jealous of your visage
engorge yourself into a gluttonous stupor
and have your man-servants wipe clean the
trails of your excessive vomiting
let your wrath be pardoned by corrupt politicians
and judges..and law enforcement agents
never shall your conscious burden you with guilt
as it is forever fossilized in the sap of sloth
stand pridefully..triumphant in your campaign
over those that would deny you
defy you...rather they should deify you
for your esteemed accomplishments
and here you are
in all your vainglorious supremacy
Mr.Big..too big to fail
basking in this twisted form of cannibalism
gazing upon those malleable turds
as they kneel and nibble
on the leftover crumbs lying about at your feet
while you feast unrepentantly on their hunched-over backs
spineless wool is your favorite delicacy I see
now say it with me once more
the Douglassian chant
and this time click your heels
greed is good
greed is good
greed is good
greeed isss goooood
and I am your favorite sin..yes?
Published 7th Apr 2018
| Edited 8th Apr 2018
Author's Note
repost..
a collab where my challenge was the personification of greed
from 7 deadly sins..
a collab where my challenge was the personification of greed
from 7 deadly sins..
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7th Apr 2018 8:46am
Is this it?
All you can offer?
I want more!
Additional words and
lines wrapped into stanzas.
Not to worry, I will loan
you more ink at an interest
rate, near what you can
afford.
JUST GIVE ME MORE
Descriptively fantastical.
All you can offer?
I want more!
Additional words and
lines wrapped into stanzas.
Not to worry, I will loan
you more ink at an interest
rate, near what you can
afford.
JUST GIVE ME MORE
Descriptively fantastical.
Anonymous
- Edited 30th Jan 2023 2:45pm
9th Apr 2018 2:19am
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14th Apr 2018 4:35pm
This so good. And so dead center accurate. Lucky for you the tycoons don't visit this site or you might have a Jimmy Hoffa experience
Just when I think I'm getting the hang of poetry, I find something that reminds me to never stop looking
Thank you for a lesson for life
Just when I think I'm getting the hang of poetry, I find something that reminds me to never stop looking
Thank you for a lesson for life
