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Sep 2010
Priorities
In check

…Money
…Power
.Respect.

Attaining all three
Is the goal
And death of me

To have a billions bucks
Doesn’t seem tough
To the lucky *******
But
To be a billionaire
And watch a million people
Starve
Is the hard luck charm
Of lucky *******

Diamond chains
Blood stained
From the
People I claimed to help

Money is the root
Of all evil
Are we shooting
For Satan?
Cash rules
Everything around me
Guess, I’m a devil
In the making

What
Will I make of myself
After
Power is attained?
What’s left to gain?
If a rich man
Is denied
Entrance to the pearly gates
What is it about
Power
That makes it great?

Is pain
Not felt
While acquiring wealth
Which
Is worse for health
Starvation
Or Obesity
If a beast
Starves
For his reluctance
To eat meat
Lost his will
To ****
Would they consider it
Defeat?

Good grief
To win in life
Just
To lose thereafter
Seems to be
The inescapable
Twist
Of becoming rich
Joseph Childress
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Joseph Childress  30/M/Detroit
(30/M/Detroit)   
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