'The Pardoner's Tale' by Zia Akhtar

Seven men, in an inn on the outskirts of Canterbury, sipping ale until they are drunk. they have no names, they do not deserve names for their sins.

The first man, we will only know him as lust. He is married, with four children, who he makes work on the fields at his leisure, while he visits his wife, and then his mistress. He has never seen me, nor any other Pardoner, for the idiot believes he has done nothing wrong!
He should come to me, and I will have my profit, and he will find heaven.

The second man, who we call sloth, still lives with his mother, and the wheat that she grows, he eats, he stokes the fire with wood that she chops, and eats the meat that she kills.
He should come to me, and I will have my profit, and he will find heaven.

The third man, who shall hereby be called anger, has a wife but no child. his rage is fed by nothing, but seems to be endless. he hits his wife, he hits his mother, his father, and his brother, he hits the wooden walls of his dilapidated shack.
He should come to me, and I will have my profit, and he will find heaven.

The fourth man, who is known as envy, burnt down his neighbour's hut, fueled by jealousy of the oak of his walls against the mud of his own.
He should come to me, and I will have my profit, and he will find heaven.

The fifth man, who is gluttony, has never left his house, as the doors are too narrow. He eats everything, and has everything brought to him.
He should call me to him, and I will have my profit, and he will find heaven.