My Most Popular Poem, The Pearl

Empty shells
put here 
in this world
until shifting sands
creates something
coveted in this world.

And polished souls
can be bought 
with a pound of gold
until one is emptier 
than once before.

Added to a chain
the body owned;
however the soul
is never taken
only loaned.

For in due time
sands recollect
and a new pearl 
is born.

The Devil in the Details

I swear nothing brings out the worst in people then me writing fiction. I quit my job last year because my manager, the owners nephew, wante...