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# Sum of All Our Parts
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/sum-of-all-our-parts/
- Published: 2023-09-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: Ambition once attempted to announce that in no longer wanted wealth or power. Greed seconded, demanding not an ounce beyond what it was due. Before the hour was struck the others followed, each in turn denouncing this...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Sonnet, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

Ambition once attempted to announce  
that in no longer wanted wealth or power.  
Greed seconded, demanding not an ounce  
beyond what it was due. Before the hour  
was struck the others followed, each in turn  
denouncing this or that, but with it, purpose,  
and as they idled, trying to discern  
if there was any there beneath their surface  
discovered that indeed they play a role  
in separating us from one another  
but at the same time, each does make us whole,  
distinguishable, close, but not our brother.  
The sum of all our parts, good, bad and ugly,  
we're nonetheless ourselves, and fitted snugly.