Sonnet: Man Is Materialistic In Vain

In pomp and show, the modern world believes! What glitter marks the functions that we see! What wasteful lives are spent by Adams/ Eves! And people speak such white lies blatantly. And stocking wealth by any means is prime; Benami transactions are also rife; And hiding it in many ways past-time! Accruing more wealth, man spends all his life. But how much more can receiving hands hold? If health of mind and body seems all lost; There is no cure for recurrent chest-cold! Into a sea of discontent, man’s tossed. And not a nickel does he take with him; Nor can he spend or enjoy with eyes dim.