Friday, July 6, 2018

THE WEARER KNOWS WHERE THE SHOE PINCHES


THE WEARER KNOWS WHERE THE SHOE PINCHES

(A short narrative poem on the despondent pharma employee's work life)

In search of a job
He turned the door knob
During the interview
They liked his view
Selected to work
He joined as a young Turk

Contributions he made
His outputs did not fade
All new concepts
With daring he accepts
And executes with aplomb
To the liking of all along

Alas, his work did not protect his role
Diluted now, his role has taken the toll
Others get more pay and benefits
They ride on my work and are less fit
Such a fate does never happen to a contributor
Yet it is my fate, to bear this, for I am a family ‘pater’!

I pray to the Almighty
To give deliverance from this - blithely
For justice done to me shall favour the master
Quality work is central to the matter
The wearer has a pinching shoe with no hope
Only the Lord above has to give strength to cope

 - Sunil S Chiplunkar (6.7.18)

This poem is dedicated to all those who can be in the shoes of the above person, and to the many many family breadwinner employees, I know who are silently coping  the goings-on in their pharma life, for the sake of their family.  

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