Greed
A child I do not know his citizenship
travels nations rummaging, rampaging
he has no origin but has relatives
but the child knows not how to share
Omnivorous, carnivorous and ruminant
his teeth grinds anything; canal receives all
At table everything runs to his open mouth
mindless of tears that roll, tongues that curse
This unknowable child gathers all to himself
wealth and power shiver when he appears
he’s master-never servant, never charitable
with open gullet he strips society naked
Governed by appetite amused by egotism
even eternity can’t fill empty bowl of greed
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