Greed is a rip in the soul.
\nThe slow leak of the self
\nto the bondage of possession.
\nFreedom thrown away
\nfor a bag of things
\nthat press on the heart.
\nHoarding is not greed.
\nI\u2019ve known hoarders
\nthat I\u2019ve loved deeply.
\nThey are empty people.
\nThey are consumed by hunger
\nhiding themselves
\nin accumulations of loneliness.<\/p>\n
The stingy are impotent,
\nunable to use what they hoard.
\nIt is painful to see the agony
\nof their giving.
\nTheir hidden anger.
\nThe bill computed in everything
\nthey do.
\nLife is quid pro quo.
\nOf these characters
\ngreed is the pocket change of power,
\na danger without boundaries.<\/p>\n
I do not like the greedy.
\nThey want what is not theirs.
\nThey want nothing less
\nthan the world\u2019s freedom.
\nLet them sail to the ocean\u2019s end
\nand claim shores nowhere
\nto be found,
\nnever to be heard of again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Greed is a rip in the soul. The slow leak of the self to the bondage of possession. Freedom thrown away for a bag of…<\/p>\n