They, All of them, I know
They, All of them, I know
They, All of them, I know
The lorry company's owners
The Omni bus proprietors
Large mid and small scale artisans
The officer who luxuriously returns in a car
The Superintendent who returns in a scooter
The artisan who walks back with his bicycle
The Engineer
The Doctor
The Lawyer
That person this person
The street picker
The school and college professors
who focus
just on doubling the money
The aunt who returns from the temple
The tea stall master
The person who runs a gas agency
The person who supplies the milk
The person who delivers the daily newspaper
The boy who delivers the newspaper
The cycle shop person
The person who does vulcanizing
The firewood depot person
The black Mariyamma Devi priest
The traffic of the big city
The employees of the traffic of the big city
Taxi and Auto Rickshaw drivers
The departmental store person
The nationalised banks
The savings bank persons
The respectful literati
The forward thinking idiots
The dramatically funny cinema people
Them These and Those
This poem is inspired by the poem titled 'They, All of them, I know' by Charles Bukowski. This has been noted by Aathmaanaam to Brammaraajan when this poem first appeared in Kanaiyazhi. Charles Bukowski's long poem has been translated by Brammaraajan and got published in Swaram-7 (1982).
"உவர்களை" totally changes the tone of the poem. This looks like a list listing different kind of people and their character and nature but something beyond is hidden. I am trying to find that.
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ReplyDeleteI know all these people
I know all these people
the owner of lorry companies
owners of omnibuses
large, medium and small sector workers
the company executive returning back comfortably in his luxury car
the supervisor returning back in his scooter
the worker returning back in cycle, by walk
the engineer
the doctor
the advocate
that fellow, this fellow
street loafer
the school and college teachers
who's only aim
is in increasing their earnings
aunty returning from temple
tea stall master
person running the gas agency
milk distributor
the person who delivers newspaper
boy who puts the paper
cycle-shop person
the vulcanise
the fire depot person
the priest of Karumari temple
traffic of the big city
workers of public transport company
taxi and auto driversprovision shop
nationalized banks
persons from the savings bank
most honourable literateurs
the forward thinking fools
persons from dram, folk theatre and cinema
they are these people