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They know K is not K

by Ashok Sharda





A is not aware he is A
He believes he is B
He behaves like C
A is not aware he is A

C comes to A says
He knows that A is not A but D
A starts behaving like D

D comes to A says
He knows that A is not A but E
A starts behaving like E

E comes says A is G
G comes says A is P
P comes says A is T
A starts behaving like
G and P and T

One fine day
A realizes that he is A
And he starts behaving like A

This disillusionment of A eludes
B C D E G and P
B comes to A and says
you are not A
and so says C D E G and P

A goes on behaving like A

C D E G and P stops coming to him

Now they go to K
They say
They know
K is not K.

11/25/2001

Posted on 11/25/2001
Copyright © 2024 Ashok Sharda

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Kristine Briese on 11/15/02 at 06:14 PM

This is a though-provoking piece; we should read this to our teenagers.

Posted by Rhyana Fisher on 05/13/03 at 02:43 AM

roflmbo! this i find absolutely hilarious. nice little commentary on family here.

Posted by Rula Shin on 04/18/05 at 03:03 PM

Frightening. Truly horrifying, if not for A realizing he is A and still behaving as A. But then, the herd moves on don't they? Hardly giving K a chance. What a lesson Ashok. I did feel a bit scared hahahahahahahaha ;-)

Posted by Patricia J Reed on 08/19/06 at 05:29 AM

this is a great poem - it reminds me of high school!!

Posted by Mo Couts on 06/29/11 at 01:48 AM

This is very thought provoking, and interesting.

Posted by Cole Miller on 03/23/13 at 04:19 AM

reconnecting to the poems on my favorites list. this one still hits hard. sometimes i feel like A and sometimes i feel like K. and I wonder what is in K's future. how they reacted to the pressure from CDEG and P.

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