Sin and Confessions

"And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is". --Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum

If I confessed to some half-guilty pleasure,
indulgence less than worthy of my creed,
would I be lessened in your estimation?
If I admitted craving hoarded treasure,
gold heaped up beyond all human needs
or if I copped to jealous palpitation
or feigning illness for the sake of leisure
expressing wrath in spoken word or deed
or lust that leads to careless fornication
or gourmandizing past all reasoned measure—
all sins come from one small bitter seed:
the use of others for a selfish pleasure.
Call it sloth or gluttony or greed
but recognize the root on which it feeds.

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