Contentment
The person who has a roof over his head
And enough for subsistence living
He is a king without a crown
So is the person who does not worry about dinner
While she is having her breakfast
When the stomach is full
It matters little whether
You have eaten bread and cheese
Or steak and lobster
Then don’t worry yourself today
With the possible misfortune of tomorrow
We have such short lives
Why not put away amassing wealth
And leave the world to others
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Simple Pleasures
When the mean and the rogue
Got ladders and climbed the walls
Of the garden of Epicurus
Oh Lord, what they witnessed!
It was unbelievable, shocking
So strange and implausible
They saw a few people
Sitting under trees, by a small stream
Having a meal of bread, cheese, and walnuts
While listening to someone reading a book out loud
What a disappointment!
What an anti-climax!
Truly, nothing is seen for what it is
On the first look
-Rotterdam, Netherlands
