DR JERNAIL S. ANAND "JACKS OF ALL TRADES"

 

JACKS OF ALL TRADES

DR JERNAIL S. ANAND

Our Jack belongs to all trades,

Because he is master of none.

But we have never thought

Why he belongs to all trades

And why he is not master of even one.

Now, forget Jack as a human being.

Just imagine a tyre being pulled up

With a Jack,

Repaired and then 

The Jack is removed.

I am also reminded of the 

Multiplicity of Jacks which are arranged

In a systematic manner over which

A plaster sheet is spread,

The roof of the house is ready.

The jack is removed, 

Leaving behind a wonderful building.

The masters in this game 

Are those who can use 

Some other people as Jacks.

So, the Jack lacks the wisdom 

Which makes men masters,

Because he is the raw material

Which is discarded 

After it has produced master copies.

So many people

The laborers, the office workers,

The ordinary men in the street,

On whose support

Some others build fortunes

Are jacked in their lives,

And lie packed in shanties

From where they are summoned,

Whenever a new building

Is going to be made.

Some of the jacks are in the form

Or bamboo sticks, 

And stay in broken homes, 

They languish in hunger, while 

The masters of the trade build towers of prosperity.