The Library Man

He had been a Matriculate, and after that did he somehow his I.A. privately, Clearing forth his B.A. first, later on M.A. And now after his M.Phil., Calls he a commissioned librarian, A Public Relations Officer, a Public Information Officer. Says he, my status is so and so, I am no less than, Just after doing his simple pass course, one year B.Lis., two-year M.Lis. and M.Phil. That he is no less than, A professor of Lib.Sc. yet to be appointed. I just want to ask, how many good students take to Lib.Sc, Barring the loop line fellows, And the U.G.C. too selects from the fewer candidates And when was Lib.Sc. a science And who does not know book-keeping and library maintenance? If he had been really a good boy, Why did he not join after doing his M.Lis. and M.Phil., But the reality is this that He is a clerk, an office staffer And if this be, he is an officer, Then the college accountant too is a finance officer, Am I in the wrong? To serve the people, to help them in giving information Should have been their motto, But instead of, calling themselves officers, And if all call themselves officers, Then who will like to work? Similar is the case with Physical Education teachers, The junior engineers, I mean the overseers, The demonstrators calling themselves big professors And in course of time one becomes, one naturally gets it, But one should forget one’s beginning, As is the case with the D.M.’s P.A. and steno. I just pray to God to save me from as such postings and placements In which there is some smell of ego, Though I too have weaknesses And as a man, these are bound to be a man And I cannot be an exception to that.