A Cynic Turns Away Poem by Ananta Madhavan

A Cynic Turns Away



Speak true, they said
and sniggered when I took them at their word.

Play fair, they said,
Winking as they cheated me and others.

You will learn the rules as you go on;
If you win, you're one of us.
If you lose, we disown you.

If you find anything arbitrary,
Put it down to a rule you should have known.
Begin the year wisely.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Written in 1982, after a failed transaction.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Edward Kofi Louis 18 April 2016

You will learn the rules as you go on! Nice work.

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A. Madhavan 18 April 2016

Thank you, poet-critic Edward Kofi Louis, I am grateful that you read my old poem on trying to cheer up by looking at the positive side. After several more decades, I am glad to be alive to see things anew and avoid the cynical downside view. Hope you find some of my later offerings to PH worthy of inclusion. Best. AM

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