RAJ NANDY - ** MODERN MANTRA!

MODERN MANTRA!

An Indian philosopher had once
said, -
All that matters in this world of
date, -
Is a man’s bountiful purse and a
woman’s pretty face!
But I wonder what would happen
to us,
If God granted that boon given to
King Midas, *
And we exceed ourselves in our
greed, -
With gold to fulfill all our needs!
All pretty faces transformed to gold,
Bringing miseries untold, -
And all our souls frozen to gold! !
-Raj Nandy
23 Mar 09
New Delhi
(*Whatever King Midas touched turned to
gold -including his beautiful daughter!)

RAJ NANDY

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