Jewellery and luxury I abhor and undesire, <br />For it promotes consumption conspicuous and so unfair <br />Those who show off, I consider bizzare <br />To garner for them an importance, of air. <br /> <br />But how far I am in this assessment, fair <br />For an empty pocket can neither ask nor desire <br />But can I air a view abruptly, uninviting, ire; <br />Who cannot back his desire, if any, with fare. <br /> <br />Have lots of money and say no to jewellerry, <br />Have lots of money and say no to luxury, <br />Have lots of money and say no to revelry, <br />Then I am great, now not, with pockets empty and eerie.<br /><br />Narayanan Ramakrishnan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/empty-pocket-2/
