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# Pyramid Scheme
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/pyramid-scheme/
- Published: 2021-07-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: The sands of ancient Egypt are full of ghosts who failed to build their pyramid
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

The sands of ancient Egypt  
are full of ghosts  
who failed to build their pyramid

The pharaohs got theirs  
of course

Social critics at the time  
filled many scrolls of papyrus  
noting this pyramid inequality

Finally someone called  
the whole thing  
a pyramid scheme

And it stopped

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**Author notes:** https://allpoetry.com/contest/2782587-Build