by Betty Jo Petty

Created on: July 25, 2007   Last Updated: January 10, 2008

Poetry: Wants and needs

Wants and needs, needs and wants.
Give me, please, I need, need, need.
My grandson says, and thank you,
Don't mention it.

I need, I need, I need,
New clothes, Daddy, I need,
Although the week before,
The closet was full because of greed.

The wife says,"Buy me a new car",
Not because of need.
The color,red, was wanted,
So yes, she demanded.

To want to excess is so shameful, people,
Maybe we need to head for the steeple.

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