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.
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