A bird in hand And two in the bush. No bar, no band To where you push. Selfish hoard- An overload. Brick by brick The old trick. Trespassed precinct. Animal instinct. Perpetual feed. An oceanic greed.
This is the fourth-fifth of a series of poems written as creative copy for an scenic design assignment based on the theme of the Seven Cardinal Sins. I have treated these sins as innate animal instincts.