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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
Cover image for post Corporate Greed, by minmataylor
minmataylor

Corporate Greed

We picture a crumpled bundle in your sweaty fist,

Though you probably rarely touch cash.

With more than a enough to live but still picky with your charity list.

Thanks for that by the way, you hardly ever boast.

You scrape over the crumbs from your fulfilling bread loaf

And still have enough to show us on tv ads and social media posts.

Do you really work twenty times harder than the man who cleans the floor?

Your board members have determined this to be true.

People can't miss what they never had, but you could sure use a little more.

Does anyone notice that you always look tired and old?

Its addictive properties have you constantly in withdrawal even before going without,

So you can afford to live organically with skin products, literally, of gold.

Yet it doesn't help your soulless eyes, for you've given that up to him.

You weren't using it, but you could use this lifestyle to which you've grown accustomed.The day you can't take it with you, or maybe end of days, you'll worry about it then.