Subroto Chatterjee - Vanity Is Thy Name

Does thy beauty past compare
Is suspended on a single hair?
When such beauty is on the wane,
Then Vanity is thy name!

Does your knowledge pour like rain,
And crack the limits of thy brain?
Is that knowledge all inane?
Then Vanity is thy name!

Does your power make others feel,
That you are the Real Deal?
Does it drive people insane?
Then Vanity is thy name!

Does your fame reach far and wide?
Does it smack of pomp and pride?
Dost thou take it as a game?
Then Vanity is thy name!

Does your name speak a lot,
Does it say what you’re not?
And dost thou have no shame?
Then Vanity is thy name!


19th April 2009
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