Writing such an essay has never been easy
I wrote in junior classes- never satisfied
I’m trying again, lemme adjust the inventory
Well, if I were the PM of a country
I would have tried to make the post reserved for me
When every type of reservation can sustain
Why such reservation cannot remain
Then I would invest money, to invent a nectar-honey
For me and my party’s yesmen
And thus I could be the only administrator of my vestry.
If I were the PM of a country
I would have tried to make my devotees all and sundry
Then I would let the opposition scream on my false promises
And I would blame them often on other premises
You know politics is a game of claim and blame, without any shame
And thus I would create my favorite niches
To talk and argue, to bark and brag by distorting facts and history
If I were the PM of a country
I would have made media houses my sentry
They would be branding my name and fame
I would let them sing how great I am
Thus I would gather sympathy from masses
The opposition would suffer being helpless and lame
In spite of having a genuine rationality
If I were the PM of a country
I would have introduced such a political philosophy
World leaders would follow me and imitate
How to remain an unfaltering leader of the state
How to create issues to curse the opposition
How to avoid the questions which the people agitate
This is the secret to rule infinitely
If I were the PM of a country
~ Ravi
Shravasti, India
Nice one…..Protest in the form of satire is the great way to echo with people’s plight!!!!!
A nice description of the attitude a politician is familiar with, with no real concern for the cause of the masses, the only ambition being their avarice at holding on to power without break, giving no scope for others – to occupy the seat of power – who are otherwise sincere and serious about providing a good governance which they are legitimately entitled to!
You’ve summed up in your rhyming essay (beautifully) a famous saying here in the U.S., but really throughout the world it seems: “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
Thanks everyone for their comments.