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Prose Challenge of the Week #24: Using a minimum word count of 10, maximum word count of 250, Write a piece about GREED. The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge
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Persona of Sin

You are inevitably bound by the sins of the seven, and I am your Greed.

I am the lustful looks, the envious eyes, and the yearning years.

I leak from place to place. I am your unwanted reminder that those whom

you love are undeniably imperfect. I am your undoubtful reality that your

world is never going to perfect. I am your slow realization that there is

always going to be something out of your reach, something you want,

something you can’t have.

I am what keeps you trying though. You may feel green with envy and

desperate to see the greener grass, but you need me. I keep you trying,

I keep you from settling. Your Greed you long to abandon allows you

to seek out what could be better, and make it so.

So keep me in check; do not let me rule you. But realize that without me,

there would be no better version of you.