School

In front of a table there is a crow 
Besides it sits a monkey with its tail coiled 
In the same line is a penguin, a dolphin 
A fox, a fish in a jar and at end there is an elephant 
This is not a circus 
Neither is it a jungle 
It is a complete school under a well branched tree 
And under its shade sits a man, a teacher on a chair 
He teaches as he was taught 
Like a parrot teaches another parrot
No wrong see in it who is not genius 
But he is asked to take a test to gauge how genius they are 
And he gladly asks every one either to climb a tree or swim an ocean 
Here the heaven falls and all the terrible things are out of the hell 
Now a genius looks like fool and a stupid look like brilliant 
Such is the sorry state 
Not only of our so called well developed education system 
But also it is in our political and social spectrum.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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