NO SURPRISE
“Sweat on a rich and gaudily
garment
Tastes never salty” – is today’s argument.
Tastes never salty” – is today’s argument.
Alas! An embarrassing spot on a royal hat
Is the so-called upgraded, uptodate and unique style!
At a poor man’s death laments
not even a cat
But, oh! On a wealthy scar, wakes to bewail even the Nile!
But, oh! On a wealthy scar, wakes to bewail even the Nile!
A little frayed drape of a
poverty stricken child
Is a stuff for everyone's jeer, sneer and derision,
For many, though an affluent model’s shoddy, wild
Apparel fetches rains of applause, money, and felicitation!
Is a stuff for everyone's jeer, sneer and derision,
For many, though an affluent model’s shoddy, wild
Apparel fetches rains of applause, money, and felicitation!
Lo! All these here happen,
and absorb raptly thou must
Or, run thou wilt be over unheeded when tilt thou dost!
For, today, unanimously, triumphs here the glorious fads and guilt
And, on the poor tombs of the downtrodden, the rich mansions are built!
Or, run thou wilt be over unheeded when tilt thou dost!
For, today, unanimously, triumphs here the glorious fads and guilt
And, on the poor tombs of the downtrodden, the rich mansions are built!
GLOSSARY:
* gaudily
– showily/attractive
* deplore – deplore
* bewail – lament/show sadness
* frayed – tattered/ worn
* jeer, sneer and derision - laugh at, mock and mockery
* affluent
- rich
*shoddy - careless
* bewail – grieve/ lament
* absorb raftly - take up enthusiastically
* run thou wilt be over – you will be crushed
* triumphs – wins
* glorious fads and guilt - celebrated fashions and something
unethical
* mansions – towers
©Shankar D Mishra 06.09.2017
Blog: sdmpoetry.blogspot.com
My blog contains 138 poems.
E-mail: shankardmishrapoet@mail.com
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