369. We are all greedy

You are greedy.
I definitely know it.
    He is greedy.
I unmistakably feel it.
    I am greedy.
I modestly exaggerate it.
    Your greed tempts me.
    His greed instigates me.
    My greed destroys me.
Sri Chinmoy, The Dance of Life, part 8, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1973