Chapter 7 of 28

Avaritia

These Gilded Words116 words~1 min read

[Series: Seven Deadly Sins (SDS)/Poem type: Shakespearean sonnet]

His soft, low breath knitted with silk finesse,

Beyond this Babylon he guided her,

His manna words are a hypnotic bass,

They covered her eyes with a rich allure,

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A hungry, plotting beast Mammon is not,

He's a messiah, soothing earth's desires,

With his worldly kin, order they have brought,

Gold touch the earth, refine it with hell's fire,

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But glass breaks and reality caves in,

Rash flame ignites her soul into embers,

A boorish wolf she is, with shackles thinned,

And the hands below pull her to nether,

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But there isn't any life apart from him,

For the light above her has slowly dimmed