In Debt To The Devil

Money buys 
freedom
when blood’s 
overdrawn
Reality’s
greed
destiny
pawns

Money buys
freedom
its truth
to bemoan
Dignity
truant
the future
— on loan

(Dreamsleep: January, 2024)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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