I Want Not - 04: The Status

I want not That great designation of a corporate job- A collector, A governor, A professor, A director, That never fits to nourish the poor That cares never for the weak ever, That makes one tall enough Not to see below, That makes one rich enough Not to see the hungry or thirstyanywhere, nor the helpless girl unable to dream a life anymore, blinded by the muscled. I would rather be a small farmer somewhere near the slums cooking myself under the smoke, looking after my kids nude from poverty, caring my sick wife waiting on death bed, hugging my dusty daughter half awake till my return from day long loads of work that tear me apart each passing day with tear, dust and smoky life here. I would rather be a loving father, a caring spouse and a feeding farmer.