Sunday 27 April 2014

Corporate Sellout




And when the clock chimes nine
you should have fallen in line
for who you are but, slave
selling their soul for each dime

When the readings been done
and you have been measured & checked.
you are ready then,
to sell yourself to the highest bidder present.
They inspect you, check you,
Tested OK, you are stamped
and for the eyes of this blind world
you are presented with a smile.

The smiles been pasted,
now it’s a part of you.
Look back at your free self ten years back
even he is mocking at you.
What went wrong, where did you die?
filling up few yellow parchments called appraisal
with pretty ratings, becoming a "YES" man
you took your own life?  

And then unfortunate, disillusioned you
make remarks on the business those women do,
branding them dirty, calling them whore
but slave, who are you ?
while they feed themselves by selling their bodies at night
you are doing the same with your souls the entire life. 

7 comments:

  1. This one is harsh but true..nice portrayal of making of 'sellout'

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    1. Story of what we all go thru... Hopefully don't turn into.

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  2. Now I know what it feels like to be a corporate slave.
    Profound imagery.
    Specially the comparison in the end is a very intriguing perspective :)

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  3. "while they feed themselves by selling their bodies at night
    you are doing the same with your souls the entire life".
    Very well written bro.... But the problem is that we are economically slave for our own selfish agenda, we must have to learn the art of being true in any circumstance that has been lost somewhere particularly from the last few centuries.

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    1. The idea is to not turn into what v didn't hope to be....

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  4. Achha hai..

    The clock is about to struck nine...
    There r a few who call it a formidable line...

    While there are ones who sell their souls... There are others who loose their souls...

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