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This post was inspired by the erasure concept where the powerful and popular erase the masses with silence, ignorance, poverty, and haplessness. We live in a tragicomedy we call "reality". In Arabic we say " wa sharrul baliyati ma yodhiko" which means and the worst of all mishaps or tragedies… Read More

Tags: greed, injustice, irony, sarcasm, malice

Another philosophical quandary, expressed in rhyme and meter! I have included two additional versions of this poem, the second and third of which are edited versions of the original, I believe are improved by the edits. Feel free to tell me if you agree or disagree... or which version you… Read More

Tags: love, choice, greed, human-condition

Book / Poetry

September 26, 2020

Collection of poetry Read More

Tags: reflection, poetry, monster, greed, ego

He was, I imagined, one of the nouveau riche. and wanted a riposte - something for his economic status. thing is, I've been in the game long enough to recognize an 'enfant terrible' with a pea shooter . . . Read More

Tags: greed, arrogance

Short Story / Fantasy

April 30, 2020

Reads: 149

Comments: 5

Shelves: 3

The Booksie Classic House

choices have to be made when the prize of a lifetime is on the line...and lived with. Read More

Tags: greed, contest

How fear of loneliness and greed can make something wonderful toxic. Read More

Tags: hope, short, greed, baby, toxic-love

Short Story / Horror

March 04, 2020

Reads: 225

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

The natural world, as we know , is under constant pressure form human interference. It seems to have no way of defending itself against the march of the modern world....or does it? Read More

Tags: death, greed, revenge

Poem / Poetry

February 28, 2020

Reads: 100

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

What has happened and is happening right now. Just nobody wants to admit it, but the Native people who understand more than the Educated. Read More

Tags: greed, amercian

Poem / Poetry

November 04, 2019

Reads: 662

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Greed has a way of corrupting It can be disrupting Greed drives some mad And others to do bad Read More

Tags: dark, greed, money, corruption, corrupt

Poem / Other

November 02, 2019

Reads: 153

Comments: 1

The Poems House

Who Knows? Read More

Tags: greed, money, charity

Short Story / Other

October 30, 2019

Reads: 177

Comments: 3

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

The workplace has become a no-holds-barred Colosseum devoid of compassion. Everybody wants to climb the career ladder. Tired of being a pen-pusher, we crave something to jar us from our fossilizing stasis - even though it might mean defenestrating our own human nature backwards through a window and watching the… Read More

Tags: loneliness, greed, desperation, selfishness

No one comprehends fully the reality of life. It is not about the accumulation of wealth. Read More

Tags: greed, christ, attachment, hungry-ghosts, wealth-and-power

Poem / Poetry

May 01, 2019

Reads: 331

Comments: 4

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

What should die is reanimated. Read More

Tags: world, rich, greed, collapse, ruins

story of 2 villages that want to be bigger by size and supplies years will pass and things will change a story that makes you want to read even more ps this is my 1st story ever and i'll be better with time please rate it out of 10 when… Read More

Tags: war, story, greed

Poem / Poetry

January 10, 2019

Reads: 319

Comments: 6

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

We keep restarting. Read More

Tags: blind, greed, monsters, corruption, self-interest

A short poem about how we are conditioned to think certain things. Even when we are doing what we think is right, how do we really know that is the case? Read More

Tags: poetry, war, greed, power, dominance

This is a story about greed and the influence of unnatural life that follows it. Even the dead are not that silent. Some people that get away from justice are not so lucky to the hell that is within their grief. It is a small story about death and the… Read More

Tags: greed, supernatural, dead, observance-of-mental-break

Short Story / Mystery and Crime

October 10, 2018

Reads: 5797

Comments: 19

Shelves: 8

The Vintage Publishing House

Amber King is manipulative and vain... Read More

Tags: ambition, greed, money, possession, control

Tags: soldiers, military, war, greed, pawns

Book / Romance

July 07, 2018

Reads: 4862

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: romance, greed, betrayal, revenge, action

Tags: greed, plan, money, thrill, scheme

Tags: greed, humanity, killings

A story poem about a Gnome and his selfish greedy desire. Read More

Tags: poetry, greed, gold, gnome

Poem / Poetry

May 14, 2018

Reads: 478

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A poem to express my most constant and excessive emotion within me, a feeling that controls my life. Read More

Tags: poetry, life, greed, desire

Poem / Poetry

May 09, 2018

Reads: 442

Comments: 3

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Your lone power is pathetic. I shall show you true power. Read More

Tags: greed, fear, power, kingdom, ruler

In 2083, a great war broke out after Fae exposed themselves to the world, most excepted them with open arms, some more powerful people didn't. Now 2101, The Immortal Syndicate now rules over what once was the United States of America, they feed on the innocent lives of the… Read More

Tags: cyberpunk, greed, corruption, dystopia, immortals

Poem / Other

February 22, 2018

Reads: 331

The EKG House

The life of a dollar is sad and lonely, Who will know what happens to this lowly? Read More

Tags: murder, lonely, greed, money

Poem / Other

February 21, 2018

Reads: 356

Comments: 4

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: greed, killings, assault-rifles

Essay / Romance

February 01, 2018

Reads: 460

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Having been around this entity I speak from REAL experiences. Please no hate filled message or comments. Read More

Tags: evil, greed, bankrupt, corporate-world

Short Story / Flash Fiction

January 09, 2018

Reads: 470

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: greed, corruption, homelessness, stock-market

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