Seven Deadly Sins

Pride

Selfie, Selfish, Self-importance

Always looking in the mirror and not where you're going

Never giving credit where credit is due

Bet you'll even take credit for your downfall too.

Greed

Hoard like a dragon so you can keep up with the jones'

make sure your yard has the best of all the roses

Fill your bank account while you forget to fill your heart

never mind that a fool and his money soon find themselves apart.

Wrath

Spewing vicious vitriol over the smallest of circumstances

throwing fists, consumed by black, raging screaming matches

Uncontrolled like a volcano that's exploded from its core

make sure everyone knows they are to blame, and hate them even more

Envy

turning green with jealousy, resentment floods your veins

wishing you were on the other side of the very bed you made

hoping that karma catches up with those who find themselves winning

you focus so much on others grass you don't even know how yours is doing

Lust

Kissing in corners while flirting with different pairs of eyes

Different barstool meet ups, different fingers trace your thighs

addicted to the rushing feel of strangers filling your every need

consumed with desire to feel gratified by every erotic deed

Gluttony

Have your cake and have a piece of pie too

lick every inch of frosting from every spoon

Gorge and binge until you feel like you'll burst

chasing a high that comes from foods that are the worst

Sloth

Brain rot, doom scroll, hating to get out of bed

can't be bothered to work hard, or wear a real pair of pants

content to laze around for days completely lacking any and all ambition

throwing all your dreams away cause you're too tired to chase them.

7 sins, though there are many more, these are the ones most deadly

can you look in the mirror, honestly, and see if you’re guilty of any?

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