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Open Poetry #26

Greed

just a junkie
Member

since 2003-03-04

Posts 53

0 posted 2003-05-09 11:03 PM

Greed

Basking in the incessant need
To procure a bit more than I
Require or deserve
One of the first acts of human nature
Is greed based - long before speech
Or cognition is attained
An infant continues to suckle at the breast
Long after the pangs of hunger subside
I will take more breaths than I medically need
To survive today
As I did yesterday
And you will do tomorrow
The seven deadly sins are not a ticket to
A firey hell
More appropriately, they are
The blueprint and assurance
That life will continue
Long after I die
With the most toys.

Just A Junkie

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

1 posted 2003-05-09 11:44 PM

You've got it here.

The self-analysis.

The rebuttal of denial.

And there is the self deprecation, as well as the necessary (and deserved) pat on the back.

I am fast becoming a fan.

QjQ
Member Elite

since 2003-04-18

Posts 3756
U.S.A.

2 posted 2003-05-10 07:51 PM

keeps one reading,

It matters not how you answer, It matters only that i hear you.

Kellie_Cantrell
Senior Member

since 2002-05-22

Posts 1667
New York

3 posted 2003-05-10 09:58 PM

Wow That was awesome!

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Love Always,

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

4 posted 2003-05-11 04:18 AM

definitely a good read

A2J
Junior Member

since 2002-11-22

Posts 43
South Africa

5 posted 2003-05-11 09:17 AM

great poem

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