does affluence
make one soft,
everyone gets
a ribbon?

soft standing
in entitlement
kindness still solid
repentance gone missin'

sufficiency walls
blocking views
of hearts
turned off

hardened
to a fall
that won't quit

anguish calls
for one to hear
but none
are listenin'

hope of heaven
hell's fury matchin'
can't love both
on this road
called ever after

payment,
on this pavement's
cemented

Luke 16
19-31