four decades of professional life
considered with benevolence
(how else …?)
have altogether
not turned out so badly
even though no party politics
helped me climb the ladder
of not so easy scholarly achievement
often in the beginning I discovered
that my politeness was mistaken
for simplicity
and so I had to learn a bit about
how I could stand my ground
to kick the shins of those who thought
they could step on my toes with cool impunity
until they noticed that they were mistaken
over the years I found my ways to garner
not everybody’s love
but their respect and recognition
which is what we all mostly need
eventually
May 17, 2017
May 17, 2017 at 4:00 AM UTC
four decades of professional life
considered with benevolence
(how else …?)
have altogether
not turned out so badly
even though no party politics
helped me climb the ladder
of not so easy scholarly achievement
often in the beginning I discovered
that my politeness was mistaken
for simplicity
and so I had to learn a bit about
how I could stand my ground
to kick the shins of those who thought
they could step on my toes with cool impunity
until they noticed that they were mistaken
over the years I found my ways to garner
not everybody’s love
but their respect and recognition
which is what we all mostly need
eventually
Just reminiscing
