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Jacket of blue..!

ROBERT CLEMENTS

The great Indian PM in his jacket of blue, Addressed his people, a billion or two! “My people, “he cried, “you’ll be happy to know!
We’ll land on the moon in a decade or so!”

He looked at the crowd and wondered why; no applause was there for statement so high!
The crowd looked at him, eyes feeble and dim.
The women afraid, the men angry and grim,
Prime Minister they said with words full of dread,
We are hardly living; we are almost dead!
What use will it be to country and us?
To create such hype, to make such a fuss?
There’s no food in our belly, our tummies do growl
What use if Indians on moon’s surface do prowl?
 
The great Indian PM in his jacket of blue
Addressed his people a billion or two!
“My people,” he cried with eyes open wide
Our Tata’s our Mittal’s are moving worldwide.
They’re picking up companies, factories and firms
Like sparrows each morning eating their worms!
 
He looked at the crowd and wondered why; no applause was there for statement so high!
 
The crowd looked at him, eyes feeble and dim.
The women afraid, the men angry and grim,
Mr PM they said with words full of dread,
We are hardly living; we are almost dead!
What use will it be to country and us?
To create such hype, to make such a fuss?
There’s no food in our belly, our tummies do growl
What use if Indians on world’s surface do prowl?
 
The great Indian PM in his jacket of blue,
Addressed his people; a billion or two!
My people, my people, do shout and rejoice!
Burst crackers, and make an awful big noise!
“My people,” he cried, “such news couldn’t be finer:
Your India overtakes both Japan and China!”
My people, my people do shout and rejoice
Burst crackers and make an awful big noise!”
 
He looked at the crowd and wondered why; no applause was there for statement so high!

The crowd looked at him with eyes feeble and dim.
And wondered what blindness had so affected him:
“Farmers dear PM, commit suicide each day
No money for seeds or moneylenders to pay!
Naxalites rule many villages and towns
The rest by the police and corrupt government clowns!
You may land on the moon or take over the earth,
But if poor Indians don’t get what they’re really worth,
You’re wasting your time, you’re wasting ours too,
Said the billion or two to the Jacket of Blue!”
 
He looked at the crowd and wondered why; no applause was there for his statements so high..!

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Editor : M. Shamsur Rahman
Published by the Editor on behalf of Independent Publications Limited at Media Printers, 446/H, Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka-1215.
Editorial, News & Commercial Offices : Beximco Media Complex, 149-150 Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka-1208, Bangladesh. GPO Box No. 934, Dhaka-1000.

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