Feeding the Gods
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by F William Broome 2006
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Intense living plucks youth
like ripening inedibles
too delicious to pass up
while feasting on illegals
taking to bed shall nots
scorning all warnings
of losing health job and family
from indulgence and bad karma
in a mad multi-tasking world
feeding on forbidden fruit
chasing false gods
on the way to money
Bill, you tell this story so well. It's one that is familiar
to many of us; I've lived it once or twice my self. The appetite of those gods is insatiable. -gene.
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Carole~
to many of us; I've lived it once or twice my self. The appetite of those gods is insatiable. -gene.
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