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PREAMBLE-
Who what when is a man?
When is a man truly a
man?
What qualifies as a man?
Who is worthy to be called man?
Where do you find this man?
How do you know...
It is a man?
Ponder with me now...
What qualifies as a man?
Who is worthy to be called man?
Where do you find this man?
How do you know...
It is a man?
Ponder with me now...
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What makes man,
Man?
Is it his full length of phallus
other features of his anatomy
In bearing strength, a face so callous
or being subtle, acting solemnly
Is it enough he
answers “O Son of Adam”
or must he uphold tenacity down to every atom?
or must he uphold tenacity down to every atom?
Depth & width of
his conviction(s)
Height & weight of his ambition(s)
Height & weight of his ambition(s)
Veiling behind every other -ist
or denouncing each and every -ism
His endless toils, though Sisyphean
Or grounding his Achilles (obdurately)
remaining Herculean
His wits and
cunning in dealing, fear
His definition of
valor ever keeping it dear
In dueling Atlas, burden bear
Mimicking nymph as a Nomad- bare
What makes man,
Brahman?
His ‘unfleshy’ gluttony
or dieting in greenery
What makes man
Bushman?
His nomadic untameness
or his meek carelessness
Brahman?
His ‘unfleshy’ gluttony
or dieting in greenery
What makes man
Bushman?
His nomadic untameness
or his meek carelessness
What relates
man,
Doberman?
His bark. His growl. His angry teeth.
Or his submissive woof as if he just teethe
Doberman?
His bark. His growl. His angry teeth.
Or his submissive woof as if he just teethe
What makes man,
Subhuman?
Numbness to all that's about and abound
or observing, not carking--- ignorance-bound
Subhuman?
Numbness to all that's about and abound
or observing, not carking--- ignorance-bound
When is man
Prehuman?
In acting out a monkey
or believing Darwinist ‘baboonery’’
Prehuman?
In acting out a monkey
or believing Darwinist ‘baboonery’’
What makes man
Superman?
Feats of the supernatural
or giving soooo much hope, it’s just unnatural
Superman?
Feats of the supernatural
or giving soooo much hope, it’s just unnatural
When is
man,
Countryman?
Being an advocate
of fascism,
without skidding
towards racism
or
A pontificator for
socialism,
without forsaking
pacifism
What makes a
man
a Gentleman?
a Gentleman?
Is it how he loves
in glove,
till he gets the permissory nod
or
In truth and good,
‘as if’ watched from up above
In holding his ale, steady to table
till he gets the permissory nod
or
In truth and good,
‘as if’ watched from up above
In holding his ale, steady to table
or his inhibitions,
remaining stable
His unbrazen
bluntness
or his etiquette & its insipidness
or his etiquette & its insipidness
How he treats his
moms'
or feats of catching bombs ;-)
or feats of catching bombs ;-)
What makes
man,
Lover ‘man’
His surreptitious
romanticism
Or boisterous
mannerism
Smothering and holding,
love all so tightly
Or letting it flutter and saunter,
taking it tad lightly
What makes man,
Nobleman?
Possessing tacit diplomacy
or tactics & bureaucracy
His buoyant self sufficiency
or selfless acts done for all to see
Nobleman?
Possessing tacit diplomacy
or tactics & bureaucracy
His buoyant self sufficiency
or selfless acts done for all to see
Where does the hood,
lie in man(hood)
In his benevolence by dint of fatherhood
or stalwartness, anchoring brotherhood
What makes man,
Human?
Is it in not seeking anything akin to perfection
or going about his affairs with hints of dereliction
What about a man
with 'Iman'?
................(do me the honours)
Art thou o’ men
the world (women/men alike) says AAAA-MAN
I mean A-MEN to!?
('Iman'- Arabic for 'Faith')
© I A Saeed 2011
© I A Saeed 2011
