A Few Good Men

Neel Anil Panicker posted under Tale-a-thlon S4: Poetry on 2024-08-14



Ayub:  

You reap what you sow, says so holy men!

 

Ramesh:

Hmm...methinks too...that's what the scriptures say

but why Ayub bro, what makes you ponder?

 

Ayub:

Hey, look at this field of ripening corn.

Was this how it looked a few months ago?

Beloved field…barren like a bald eagle

 

RAMESH:

Seems today my brother's turned Socrates

 

AYUB:

We may be poor unlettered shepherds

But that doesn't mean we've less brains

 

RAMESH:

No ways dear, but come to the point will ye?

Pray, what's on your mind---penny for your thoughts

 

AYUB:

Muslim, I ; Hindu, you ; yet brothers us.

We graze, we raise children, we praise good deeds

 

RAMESH:

Good begets good, bad begets bad ___karma!