Both of them the ragged men, <br />The patriots, <br />Singing ballads <br />Of freedom and liberation. <br /> <br />The ragged Ph.D. guide and the ragged scholar, <br />Both of them the ragged men <br />Of India, <br />Singing ballads, <br />Trying to dodge the Irish sergeant not, <br />But the British officer on duty, <br />Loyal to the Govt., <br />On the look out for the freedom fighters, <br />Irish not, Gandhian. <br /> <br />The ragged men talking under the moonshine <br />Near the dockyard, <br />Ready to welcome the compatriots <br />Coming by boat <br />As for the materials, <br />All in a disguise, <br />All to clip and tag. <br /> <br />The ragged man did his Ph.D. so <br />And his scholar now doing ti as thus, <br />Clipping an dcopying, <br />Copying and pasting <br />And pastiching <br />To be a Ph.D.<br /><br />Bijay Kant Dubey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-ragged-ph-d-guide-and-the-ragged-scholar-lady-gregory-s-the-rising-of-the-moon-one-act-play-not/
