human heart is funniest one
running after mirages fake
money power recognition
and for them putting soul at stake.

They hide their face under
Masks of sweet virtues asunder!
In place of being virtuous
They make them joke, superfluous.

Sharmishtha basu
6.7.12

Form Rispetto ~ A Rispetto an Italian form which is a complete poem of two rhyming quatrains abab ccdd. Syllable count is 8 per line