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Heath Paley's avatar

Unfortunately the answer to your question is way too many. I guess the drive for accumulation has to be constantly reenforced by an exhibition of the spoils. I think probably such exhibitions are meant to prove to both the rest of the world and to the accumulator that that they are, “king of the hill.”

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Rick Lynch's avatar

Fascinating piece on the always disappointing, disruptive and fickle god, Greed.

Met a young guy a couple of weeks ago on the golf course who was one of a crew of about 40 working on a yacht which he described as about 400 feet long. Might that have been the Bezo yacht that you described I wonder? I mean, how many of these monstrosities can there be?!

Great poem. And, your last paragraph was just as poetic.

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