Array ( [sid] => 144883 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Greed [time] => 2008-09-02 23:02:22 [hometext] => [bodytext] => The rivalry for power and status, its greed,
The desire for excessive wealth, most certainly lead
To a disregard of one’s conscience, indeed
And to crime, enmity and several misdeeds;
The morals of the society become lost and forgotten
So results corruption and a society so rotten

The empires once prosperous, in esteem held high
Did eventually collapse in the days gone by
The apparent reasons for their ruin are easy to classify
But this should not be forgotten, as history would testify:
They became hungry for power and pleasure-loving
So a lasting decline is what greed was to bring

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Greed
Date: Tuesday, 2nd September 2008 @ 11:02:22 PM AEST
Topic: Sad Poetry

Contributed By: ammar
The rivalry for power and status, its greed,
The desire for excessive wealth, most certainly lead
To a disregard of one’s conscience, indeed
And to crime, enmity and several misdeeds;
The morals of the society become lost and forgotten
So results corruption and a society so rotten

The empires once prosperous, in esteem held high
Did eventually collapse in the days gone by
The apparent reasons for their ruin are easy to classify
But this should not be forgotten, as history would testify:
They became hungry for power and pleasure-loving
So a lasting decline is what greed was to bring



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