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In Time of Greed

It’s mortuary time to a-tone deaf clock in to the pawn fate of warlock plans that bewitch angle bend The hourglass is turned over again, wearily watch the sands of your inhalation dwindling In a despot time of greed, second-hand puppets do the dying Ag coin commodity bleed Feel the avarice reign, those tempestuous profit tears falling Be the fodder battlefield fed, pleb body debt chained Intellectual properties acquired in the gold piece accord Condo hearts time share expired — Mortgaged souls got swept off the board In a weepy eye time of need, first class haves deafly ignore the poor pleas Cadaver cold tongues toll the hell bells rung Burning that pulse promissory scrip with pirate-pierced, profiteering lips Feel the ageless pain of bosom misery in this modern time of ancient greed

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Date: 5/29/2020 9:43:00 PM
Your alliteration, especially on 'pirate-pierced, profiteering lips' is so eloquently striking - and greed has been around since before the Bible, but you express it with such originality!
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Date: 4/19/2020 1:24:00 PM
You are right and we see it all around us... As always your pen is so powerful..
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