We are proud, proud and arrogant
with pixel smiles and keyboard miracles
having no one to amuse, but deceive.
We are proud, proud and arrogant;
we wear Marx and Tagore as lapels
to celebrate our shorn heritage.
We are proud, proud and arrogant;
we scribe verses against the corrupt,
and accept bribes as civil servants.
We are proud, proud and arrogant;
we protest against bottled pesticides;
we stock Coke bottles for our birthdays.
We are proud, proud and arrogant;
we turn the pages of holy texts
like reading magazine gossip.
We are proud, proud and arrogant;
we wear Van Heusen and Gucci;
we approve ladies only in five yards.
We are proud, proud and arrogant
pumping blood to drive swanky cars
conniving with law whores and MNCs.
We are proud, proud and arrogant.
Please tell me what you think
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Intriguing write ...
and it certainly makes one think. You don't need that "s" on "gossips". It's plural and singular. I'm curious about ladies "only in five yards" as I don't understand the phrase. Is it a slang term? Anyway, I like your poem. You should send it to Bush. -
As I read the words I could, for some odd reason, hear the words 'we are hypocrites' running in the background, in an almost acid tone. And yes, we are so proud aren't we?
It reminds me of a commercial currently running here.
A woman is spraying her hair with an aerosol can, a man is using one to spray his armpits. He asks her if her dress is new, she replies yes, she bought it with her new environmental visa. He asks what that is, and she says ( while chewing a wad of gum ) it's a visa that gives a percentage of its profits to environmentally friendly causes. He ( still spraying his armpits through a cloud of mist ) replies ...way to give back babe.
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This was a good poem, with a really nice idea behind it, but the repetition got a little much towards the end.
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