NECESSITY
First food then shelter
you ask for more
there’s always another need of yours
But eventually, there will be nothing
For me to give you eternity
Be warned, I know all
You tremble when I fall
I am your greatest enemy
And still I am your greatest fiend
For I am necessity
-NICHOLAS SKELLEY -8TH
“If you really needed as much as we say we do, we would be one of the weakest species on Earth. We would be
incredibly independent and reliant on three basic things: food, water, and shelter; but we can also be ridiculously reliant
upon others and pretend to need so much more than we do. As explained in the poem, we have progressed from definite
basic needs to exorbitant wants the we ‘need.’ If we have something to eat, water, and something over our heads, we
can survive and prosper, but our description of need has been blown far out of proportion.”
-NICHOLAS SKELLEY - 8TH