Indifference Institutionalised! Poem by sreelekha premjit

Register this to this day
at the top most column on the right
against reasons of absence
paid or unpaid leave, certificates/documents attached?

Note that the reason for absence is death
after years of illness and existence as an invalid
he had lost his mobility to an illness
rare in his family and outside

Could that be the reason for indifference?
could we have shown a little more tolerance?
as long as he worked he worked well
outside he struggled and did that well....

His name we kept on the list for long
too bad that the disease prolonged too long
too bad he could not find another place to work
but then who would employ an invalid?

What a waste to the company, the bank it would be
who could be senseless to live such a night mare
the young man applied, pleaded, begged
the men of authority thought it fit not to hear

For men may come or men may go
the bank would go on for ever
as better sense prevails
lets push the weak away from sight

Finally, a beautiful picture is what
appeals to the aesthetic sense...(not moral) eh! ! !