SIN-o-NYMS, 5g

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Pride (g): pridefulness

Well, pridefulness, if fully reined,

As history has well-explained,

Can be a virtue, now and then,

And not substantially a sin.

If you take pride in what you do—

If you help folks—if but a few—

If you avoid the sickening pride

So common with the slick and snide,

Then you have proved (and I’m agreeing)

You’re indeed a human being.