Of Wants and Needs

The epitome of greed is most simplistically the act of wanting
And a warning of abhorrent flaunting requires urgency to heed
You may wish not to concede, as your morality can be haunting
If you let it overshadow the daunting legitimacy of need
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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