Pranab Ghosh

What King? What Country?

The king...
His subjects...
His Country...
 
His wishes...
His desires...
 
He is the Supreme...
He imposes...
He proposes...
He disposes...
 
A bird then
became and 
played the
 
GOD!
 
And...
 
The subjects then
found a bleeding 
 
King!
 
He managed to get his nose cut off!
What did the bird do?
Cut off His nose?
 
The bird only asked some questions...
Stated some facts...
 
And the King...
 
...Discontent
ended
in
bruised
nose!
 
Now...
 
What about
His subjects...
Country...
Kingdom...?
 
Well
Ours
Is
A
Democracy!
 
Sure?
!!!

Author’s note: Sometimes fables meant for children take wings and fly away with our sleep! Isn’t it?


Pranab Ghosh

Pranab Ghosh is a bilingual poet, author and award-winning journalist, who has worked for such media organisations as HT Media Ltd. (Hindustan Times), Eenadu Group, The New Indian Express Group, Business India Group of publications, Merchant Media Ltd. (publishers of Business Barons) etc.. His poems and prose pieces have been widely anthologized world over. His latest volume of poems, ‘Karma Cola’ (June 2023) was released in the UK, by the book’s publisher, Impspired.com.