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We in the west are seen as godless, as greedy and as uncaring about the suffering of those in the developing world.

quote by Silvia Cartwright
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Snake; an oracle of oath

The godless men worship the snake
The godless men take oath in name of snake
And the curse comes upon wrongdoer
The godless men take oath in the name of snake
And blessing rains upon the innocent
The godless men take oath in the name of snake
And snake bitten dead the lair
And snake spare life of the truer
Despite snake answers to godless men
No votive or thank given to snake, the god
So the stopped the men to swear
By it name, snake said men used
Thunder and fire for swearing instead of it name
As snake disowned the godless men
Hex fallen upon

poem by David Aoloch Bion
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Fundamental of Liar Chapter CXXXV: Greedy

I'm not hopeless
I'm not obsessed
I'm just greedy

I know I should stop
I know my limit
I'm just greedy

I don't want to lose anything
I refuse to release something
I'm just greedy

Even it drains me dry
Even it wears me down
I'm just greedy

I'm not crazy
I'm not dangerous
I'm just greedy

I'm not in manic depression
I'm under a perfect control
I'm just greedy

I depending on that look
I clinging for that hope
I'm just greedy

If compared to the evil mind
If compared to the cruel traitor
I'm just greedy

I'm possessive
I'm territory man
I'm just greedy

I will clutch tighter
I will sink deeper
I'm just greedy

I never have enough
I always demand more and more
I'm just greedy

Though you should hate me
Though I should not be forgiven
I'm just greedy

I'm not only egoist
I'm not only aggressive
I'm just greedy

I am not getting tired
I will still move forward
I'm just greedy

I'm not monster
I'm not fearless either
I'm just greedy

You could call me over confidence
You could call me irresponsible
I'm just greedy

I'm insatiable
I'm a gaping hole
I'm just greedy

I'm sneaky
I'll steal every chance
I'm just greedy

I'm addicted to warmth
I need undivided attention
I'm just greedy

Don't worry about me
Don't put your guard on me
I'm just greedy

poem by Maria Sudibyo
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Developed countries and advanced developing countries must open their markets for products from the developing world, and support in developing their export and import capacity.

quote by Anna Lindh
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Godless

Hey I said you're godless and, it seems like you're a souless friend.
As thoughtless as you were back then, I swear that you are godless.
Hey I guess you're lonely when, I gave you all it took so then,
stranger then it's ever been.
I guess, It's what you wanted.
It seems, lonely I would be.
I beg, I plead, but this is all that I have gotten.
Hey as for the day my friend.
To hope that you could ever bend.
I swear you are, I swear you are, I swear, That you are godless.
Hey I said you're godless, hey and you're a souless friend.
Hey I said you're thoughtless, and I swear, I swear. Godless,
godless, god. You're godless

song performed by by Dandy Warhols
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Uncaring

uncaring for words
rhyme or rhythm
you step into this
world of freedom
anything goes
just self-expression
where the rules
lay at the background
watching everything in
you grow like wild weeds
of the west.

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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West End Girls

(....forever)
Sometimes youre better off dead
Theres gun in your hand and its pointing at your head
You think youre mad, too unstable
Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables
In a restaurant in a west end town
Call the police, theres a madman around
Running down underground to a dive bar
In a west end town
In a west end town, a dead end world
The east end boys and west end girls
In a west end town, a dead end world
The east end boys and west end girls
West end girls
Too many shadows, whispering voices
Faces on posters, too many choices
If, when, why, what?
How much have you got?
Have you got it, do you get it, if so, how often?
And which do you choose, a hard or soft option?
(how much do you need? )
In a west end town, a dead end world
The east end boys and west end girls
In a west end town, a dead end world
The east end boys and west end girls
West end girls
West end girls
(how much do you need? )
In a west end town, a dead end world
The east end boys and west end girls
Oooh west end town, a dead end world
East end boys, west end girls
West end girls
Youve got a heart of glass or a heart of stone
Just you wait till I get you home
Weve got no future, weve got no past
Here today, built to last
In every city, in every nation
From lake geneva to the finland station
(how far have you been? )
In a west end town, a dead end world
The east end boys and west end girls
A west end town, a dead end world
East end boys, west end girls
West end girls
West end girls
West end girls
(how far have you been? )
Girls
East end boys
And west end girls
And west end girls
And west end girls
East end boys
The west end girls
The west end boys
And west end girls
The west end girls
The west end boys
The west end girls

song performed by by Pet Shop Boys
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Greed..

Greed will make you hurngry
you'll never get enough...
it can tear a life apart
Greed is nasy stuff..
don't get greedy - don't be greedy
once you let yoursef be greedy
you can't go back again...
(i'm telling ya man...)
i know a man named Jessy
his Grandma was sitting good..
he set out to win her turst
and take everything he could..
he got greedy
he was greedy..
Jessy let himself get greedy
And He can't go back again...
Greed turns family on family
makes a friend the enemy
it can turn you on your Grandma
blinding you so you can't see..
it will turn you on your parents..
and tear your world apart..
there's no way you can change it
once you let it in your heart..
don't be greedy
don't get greedy..
once you let yoursef be greedy
you can't go back again...
once someone has been cheated
or swindeled it's a shame
greed will leave them cold and Angry
with only You to blame....
no one will ever trust you
trust gets burried in the past..
you're better of financialy'
but money it won't last..
don't get greedy don't be greedy
once you let yourself be greedy
you can't go back again...
once greed becomes a partner
and all is said and done..
when your lookin down at a grave...
can you really feel you won?
you now have more than others
you worked hard to steal it all..
others may have earned it but
your the one who made that call..
no one thought you'd do it
it never crossed their mind..
they trusted that you would be fair
but that was once upon a time...
you let yoursef get greedy,
you got greedy
And once you let yourself be greedy
you can't go back again....
someday you'll miss your sister
your parents and cousins too..
the black sheep of the family
will turn a lonesome blue...
don't be greedy, don't get greedy
once you let yourself be greedy
you can't go back again...

poem by Connetta Jean
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A New World Will Be Born!

You kill the tiny person in the womb;
You send the suffering, ahead to their tomb;
You pollute water, air and kill others;
You care not for downtrodden, poor brothers!

The earth is ruled by selfish men, women;
They change the planet’s rules misusing ken;
They claim the right to sin and live afree;
They plan a godless world entirely!

They want to wipe off terrorists fully;
Their pride is foremost as they earth sully!
They want all nations submissive truly;
They want to cure all cancers known duly;

They want to do unnatural things they feel;
They want to eat almost all things as meal;
They want no restrictions on enjoyment;
They do not want a simple punishment!

The unborn cry to God for quick revenge;
The God of fairness surely will avenge;
The godless ones will crash down to the ground;
A new world order will be sooner found.

poem by John Celes
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Today, being the biggest developing countries in the world, China and India are both committed to developing their economy and raising their people's living standards.

quote by Li Peng
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We live in a dangerous world where rogue nations are developing longer range missiles. We have to make a strong effort at developing defenses against this threat.

quote by Jim Saxton
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Nor is the suffering limited to children in developing countries.

quote by Carol Bellamy
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Suffering

I heard about your happiness
And all the plans that youre involved in
Since youre gone youd be impressed
To know i, too, have been evolving
But I dont think you comprehend
Ive been suffering
Yeah, Ive been suffering
Guess Ill be suffering up around the bend
This love is a cancer in me
I can feel it advancing in me
This fire it is my light in the world
Well, I found me a new friend
Ive been suffering
Yeah, Ive been suffering
Guess Ill be suffering up around the bend
I hung around in a leather bar
They threw me on the cement
Slept all night in my plastic car
Got in an accident
I brushed by you in the supermart
And I had me a touch of whats real
It was real when you crushed me with your steel
Black clouds roll through my mind
Who says anyway these halls are sovereign?
I am a hater of the human kind
So keep away, this hearts not softening
No, I dont think that its the end of this suffering
Yeah, Ive been suffering
Ive been suffering
Ive been suffering
And Ill be suffering up around the bend

song performed by by Frank Black
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Modern Banking Crisis Resolution

liquidate cash flow problems
corporate banking greed misdeed bail outs
government tax payer money grease banker errors
sector left suffering nations’ poorest citizens
third world not developing starvation death price pays

poem by Terence George Craddock
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Poem about Poetry - what is not poetry

writing lines
not like a child
writing lines
robotlike
hitting at keys
rather than own heart
writing lines
throwing words
which are yet
our friends
words picked
from thesaurus
dictionaries
for word's sake
an alley of prostitutes
we treat as our wives
godless
writing as if
the world
possesses
no soul and
god, the real poet
who spares symbols
for his creation
trees, lightning,
thunder
for poets
to colour their world
to see the other side
of the world
how the trees, lightning
thunder
are a part of men
themselves
described,
the trees - spring of youth
lightning - rage
thunder - warning
the warming effect
god's verse to men's uncaring verse
misinterpretation of his symbols
god the leading poet
the world a repository of symbols
for his masterpiece
a masterpiece
we could only admire
the real poet leaves us
something to ponder about
and to add a verse or two
to his work
like the almighty poet
who when he likes
answers us back
in riddles

poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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Chased Away From Their Dreams!

Remember when your ideals,
Were first noticed to be tampered?
So you chose to isolate them,
Running away...
With your family and chosen friends.
To enclaves of suburban dens.
Ensuring your way of life would thrive.
With a greedy need kept alive.

How long did you think this selfishness would exist?
FOREVER?
With escalating debts?
Without regrets?
Someone has to pay the piper.
And the masqueraded waste!

When foreigners can buy land...
And not declare citizenship.
As long as they were the kind accepted.
With or without their pockets equipped!
Because they can afford to whip out a passport.
With questionable wealth...
They bargain with the greedy with!
From a system blinded by exclusive selfishness,
Solicited to those picked.

Expect depleting times like these!
And expect no sympathy...
From those chased away from their dreams!
Dreams now screaming...
'It is our own blood we bleed.'

Now...
Let's have a round of suffering for all!
A suffering that unites.
Inspite of those who enjoyed,
Seeing others living in blight!
Now within the sight...
Of those who once delighted!

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Kindred Spirit

He has become a great source of inspiration
For many in the developing world
He has shown that it is possible
To get to the top of one's game
No matter where one comes from

He did not move to a more prosperous country
To pursue his career as is the norm
But remained put in his country
Training with basic equipment and a rudimentary track

He is admired and loved
By many brothers and sisters in the developing world
For they can identify with him
His upbringing, his life story
Makes that connection with many of them

He has become the embodiment of their dreams
He makes them proud
His success is their success
For they feel he is kindred spirit

poem by Molly Mukotekwa
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In all three cases, and for most human beings, the problem of suffering poses no difficult problem at all: one has a world picture in which suffering has its place, a world picture that takes suffering into account.

quote by Walter Kaufmann
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A battle is developing between them' I say developing, because it's not yet on.

quote by Murray Walker
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I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.

quote by Joseph Addison
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More Of The Same Thing

You are wishing for...
More of the same thing.
You are wishing for...
A way to add more bling.
And you are wishing for,
An easier way to be...
More greedy,
But not so obviously.

And you are wishing for,
An easier way to be...
More greedy,
But not so obviously.

You are wishing for...
A way to add more bling.
And you are wishing for,
An easier way to be...
More greedy,
But not so obviously.

You want what you've already got!
But not so obviously.

You want it and that wanting wont stop!
Not so obviously.

You don't want to be greedy but you are!
And that is just like ME!
Bum, bum, bum, bum.
You don't want to be greedy but you are!
And that is just like ME!
Bum, bum, bum, bum.
You don't want to be greedy but you are!
And that is just like ME!

'So what is it that you're saying? '

You don't want to be greedy but you are!
Not so obviously.