Oily black and midnight eyes
It's stack on stack right to the skies
The only lack is lack itself
Another book yet crowds the shelf
x
Another look around the mine
Each nook and cranny will be checked
He took his time with this fault line
His crooked rhyme collects respect
x
From masses miming with the rest
His greatest crime's his endless quest
His endless climb, his non-stop grind
His blinding thirst, his frame of mind
x
The wanting just for wanting's sake
Himself he cursed when he resigned
Himself to play the part of snake
He is well versed in humankind
x
His words are coins he spends on you
You're not the first not to see through
The screen of smoke that does ensue
It is bespoke, his point of view
x
Something to sell to poorer souls
Who cannot comprehend his goals
Who aren't equipped to spot the holes
He will not stop 'till he controls
x
Every resource, every nation
To own them all, this is his station
Zero recourse to his dictation
His wealth will be the world's foundation
x
His health will be their resurrection
The antidote to disconnection
He must have the complete collection
There will not be a missing section
x
His rising pyramid of gold
Comprising of the souls he sold
The lies he told to keep his hoard
They wait for him, as up they're stored
x
An em'rald eye, a silver sword
The treasures of his kingdom call
To those who simply can't afford
To ride the gilded waterfall
x
They side with him for there's no way
To circumvent or stop his sway
To hide is to await the day
His hunger marks you as his prey
x
He'll take you for all that you've got
Your grave as well, he's lost the plot
Forsaken souls begin to rot
He'd take it back, but he cannot
x
The dollar bill, once green's now grey
What does his heavy heart now weigh
And for how far he's gone astray
How much will he now have to pay
x
I bet his stomach's tied in knots
The flames of hell burn awf'lly hot
He knows how well he's earnt his spot
Maybe he'll turn to gold - or not!
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This is the last in a series of seven poems on the Seven Deadly Sins; if you're interested, you can find the other six here: Pride, Lust, Wrath, Sloth, Gluttony, Envy.
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Insinq Datum
I'm an aspiring poet, author and philosopher. I run a 5000+ debating community on Discord and a couple of Youtube channels, one related to the Discord server and one related to my work as a philosopher. I am also the author of DMTheory.
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