You should have copied .....

You should have
copied Mohan
The kettle misspelled
has blackened India
All the kettles now
call the teapots black
The eye of the teacher
you never followed
Closed your eyes
before the cheaters
An innocent malpractice
that day
Could have saved
hypocrisy today
You should have
copied Gandhi......

A small lie
you never buy
But....Bapu, we sell
The nation on the
principles you sowed
Truth and nonviolence
Purring lion on
one side and
Your head on the other
A silver thread in between
"I promise to pay
the bearer" a value
that fluctuates everyday!
You should have
copied Gandhi......

A 't' in the kettle
did that matter
so much Bapu?
that today donning
your cap they tamper
records with ease
before one sips his tea
The cost of the 't'
you missed is
heavier than the
guilt if you had
You should have
copied Gandhi......

Testing Brahmacharya
sleeping naked with
them, you tested your libido
Bravo Gandhi!
Now they do it in style
you woke up with smile
but now, they draw tears
Did you pass Mahatma?
Why ask you?
We should ask those girls
Bapu, would you 
appreciate a wife
if she did the same?
You should have
copied Gandhi......

Swadeshi Bapu?
But your images
are bundled and locked
In Swedish Banks
Pakistan sews
our leather balls
and China is cheap
Netas enjoy the snow
and we bake in sun
You went naked for us
they disrobe us for them
You should have
copied Gandhi
to release yourselves
from the guilt of
not the past
but for the future
You should have
copied Gandhi......