An Ultimate Deal is when a person makes a pact with Lucifer for worldly power and knowledge. By bartering his soul for the things of his demonic world he pays the greatest price – the lost of his soul.
Cover of Doctor Faustus
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Everyone is familiar with the TV show
Deal or No Deal
It’s when a person has to decide
On a final monetary offer
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As for an Ultimate Deal
A person is prepared to barter
His soul for power and knowledge
He makes a pact with Lucifer -
Ruler of all things demonic
In this world
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The world views this person as smart
Flashy, glamorous and enticing
With all the goods and comforts
That money can buy
He owns estates worth tens
Of millions or even billions
On islands, many consider paradise
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Traversing the world
In private jets
Eating at the best restaurants
Wearing the finest clothes
He’s able to captivate audiences
Is sought after by kings and queens
And heads of states
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He’s glib, intelligent
And glows in the public eye
For he’s always called on for advice
And counsel
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He speaks several languages
Plays many instruments
And has been a recipient
Of a first class education
At some of our best universities
He’s a true Renaissance man
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Little do people know
This individual has made
an Ultimate Pact
In order to attain
These extraordinary abilities
And fortune
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He’s a present day
Doctor Faustus
That Christopher Marlowe
Described in his 1604 play
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This person revoked
His baptismal vow
That would have been
His ticket into heaven
- – -
Once poor
He took unto himself
What the world offered
To rise to the top
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He envied others
And committed
The Seven Deadly Sins
Without thinking
About the consequences
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His wish came through
By exercising free will
Knowing fully well that he would
Be taken straight to Lucifer’s
Demonic world at an allotted time
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It’s a typical battle
Between good and evil
And in this case evil won the day
As this social climber departed the world
Kicking and screaming
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Doctor Faustus which is a basic take
On this present day account
Became popular in the 1700s
Was made into a movie
In 2009, it was staged
At Greenwich Theater in London
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