VISTA VANITY

For the uninitiated ones 
  (unlike columnists and politicians )
to find their by -line 
huddled in a local mag 
or in an obscure daily --
it's very heaven. 
And once their name appears 
they preserve the page
underline their name 
mark the date 
procure many copies of the mag 
for adulation and felicitation  
of their friends and relations. 
Even those who can't pen 
a piece worth printing, 
would rather plagiarise. 
        Vanity ! O  Vanity !
        Of being in print !