Necessary Evil
Necessary Evil
Cold and calculating, it thrives
On increasing dependency and knows
It will own you and your very lives
The more you love it, the less it shows
Use it for you and you will be used
Save it, building up false hopes
Abuse it and you will be abused
It has no mercy for foolish dopes
It is elusive, then fleeting when caught
It creates and destroys on a whim
It will insist that all may be bought
And seduce you when the odds are slim
It will demand itself as sacrifice
To reward even the heartless one
It is never enough to suffice
Because there is never enough fun
It is virtuous to those who have sung
It’s praises; to them it’s sweet honey
But money replaces love among
Those who are in love with money
It robs you of precious time
It tells you all is well
My message for it in this rhyme
Is that it can go straight to hell
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