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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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Unacknowledged

I deserve this.

I worked hard for this.

Suckers begging for handouts --

Their greedy mouths implore 

From their premature graves;

Through their lazy fingers 

Water flows and yet they drink none of it.

I take what I get and I built myself a dam.

Cutting them some slack just conditions them;

Like monkeys, coming back to steal more.

Fuck them for wanting to take this from me.

I know I deserve this.

They know I deserve this.

They just pretend not to,

As they pretend to work.