Contagion: Sin

Lindsay Mayeux 1992 (United States of America)



In limbo: we ignorantly know-it-all,
But nothing of substance
To one's soul

In lust: we create pleasure
-For a thrill-
In our dull state

In gluttony: we overindulge
To fill a hungry void
Within

In greed: we hoard,
What we fear to lose,
Never letting go

In anger: we fall -
Fail -
No self-control

In heresy: we worship self
Putting none above our
Illegitimate throne

In violence: we create,
We breed,
This choatic frenzy

In fraud: we direct our destruction,
With purpose
Or - indirectly -
At best

In treachery: we have done,
And will continuously do it all.
Lavishly spreading
And sharing -
In -
Our Death.
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Scheme AXB CXD XXE XXX AXB XCX DXF GXFX GAHHEX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 620
Words 130
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 6

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