<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=513966" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Honourables</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">At eighty he is still a coolie<br>Toiling in paddy lea<br>Reaping pods and<br>Heaping the seeds<br>His sagged muscles working<br>In wonted harmony<br>But his brain tired of thought<br>Of his son who died as a sot; or<br>Of his daughter widowed at twenty past<br>Or his wife pulling weeds at another spot<br>He has to carry on this moil; I thought<br>Till death to retain his breath</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Looking at his pitiable plight<br>A wicked feeling swept my heart<br>How great we're in contrast<br>Honourable servants of the State<br>We retire at sixty, in peace<br>Take a lump sum of grant, apiece<br>Also a pension for monthly use<br>Last but not the least<br>A T.V and a chair to ease<br>All this at what a simple price<br>For sleeping forty years in office! ! !</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Sathya+Narayana">Sathya Narayana</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=513966" data-title="Honourables de Sathya Narayana" data-description="At eighty he is still a coolie Toiling in paddy lea Reaping pods and Heaping the seeds His sagged muscles working In wonted harmony But his brain tired of thought Of his son who died as a sot; or Of his daughter widowed at twenty past Or his wife ..."></div> </div> </div>

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