This poem is my perspective of the greed that the Joad family may have felt or experienced on their journey west. It explores the basic instincts of human survival being balanced with concepts of transcendentalism.
Take what's left of our land, do what you wish
We've been robbed by the mechanical giants
I could take all that you have
I can steal all that you love
And the great metal giants tear up the floor
in the temple of our hearts
they show no mercy
Where is our faith now?
And the devil and the angel stand upon my shoulders
One whispers "keep it",
The other, "give it away"
God says to love thy neighbor
but nobody loves us Okies.
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