MISER

POEM

Between his birth and death

there was a verdant

flowery, beautiful

landscape called life.

Born, in a wealthy family

consisting of his parents and siblings

he never experienced

hunger and any other

trials and tribulations.

Like any other child

he too joined a school.

After repeated failures

in each  class he became

a school drop-out

and like his father

he too evolved into

a business man in

which he proved his mettle.

After his father breathed

his last due to old age

it was his turn to run the business

since his siblings

after passing out from every institution

in flying  colours

chose to fly abroad 

and took up professions

which offered lucrative

remuneration and incentives.

Here in the land of his birth

without feeling inferior to his siblings

he ran his business

profitably and accumulated

more and more wealth

and invested in new ventures.

Like any other young man

ie. in the prime of his life

he tied the nuptial knot

from an aristocratic family

which offered enormous amount

as dowry

and he became father

of two children.

Thus with the passage

of time his business empire

turned out to be the talk

of the town.

Notorious as a miser

The more he saved,

the more greedy  and wicked like Shylock he became.

He might have had a false notion that

all the wealth in his possession

would follow  him

when he was buried in a cemetery.