The instinct to kneel before a fellow creature <br />Is not born of innate nature <br />But bred in the bone by nurture and culture <br />Of sycophancy and servility <br />A deep rooted canine fidelity <br /> <br />Sycophancy and servility are two faces of the same coin <br />One compliments the other, tied to each other’s loin <br />The same equation as between master and slave <br />One to order and the other to condescend and behave <br /> <br />The politician stands in the front of the queue <br />For fame and renown, his overbearing stature in full view <br />Before us in our homes on the screen or in print <br />By his prolific words and gestures on the gullible he makes an imprint <br /> <br />The cricketer is far ahead of the gods in worship and command <br />He is endowed with awards the highest in the land <br />He is conferred contest free an upper house seat <br />All honors for excellence in his chosen feat <br /> <br />The cine celebrities are next in the line for high praise <br />By their fanatic fans in the media who raise <br />Them to the skies, emulate their style and wiles; a craze <br />That lasts till their glamour and glitter efface <br /> <br /> Great writers and poets by nature are a class apart <br />Their writings rightly appeal to the heart <br />Of their readers who play their part <br />With the wisdom and grace they impart <br /> <br /> <br />The politician perpetuates his tribe by statues in his name <br />Erected all over the country for fame <br />The cricketer is conferred the highest honor of the land <br />When he runs short of runs, on public demand <br /> <br />The cine stars acclaimed and adored throughout <br />Are honored on death by a gun salute <br />The writers and poets for their glaring unsavory truths <br />Borne of abstract thoughts get floral wreaths<br /><br />Venkateswaran Krishnan Sreenivasan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sycophancy-and-servility/
