Jokes Offlate

Some jokes offlate
Make fun of men
It would have been fine
If no agenda was behind the pen

Jokes making fun of leaders
Would have been fine
If people did not
Cross the line

So easy to call
someone a fool
So easy to stall
someone changing the rule

You mock the past
but I hope you know
That we too won't last
Many will mock
as soon as we go

There are some
who questioned wrong from right
There are some
who fought our fight

And we who sit in the shade
Only wanting free upgrade
Ridicule such men who dare
Who work hard under media glare

If things are wrong
Let us confront
Face to face
And right upfront

Our country is united
As of today
Let us strive to
keep it that way

Let us praise
Where it is due
Let us embrace
plurality too

We can make
The world a better place
Laughter and humour
Has its place
But we need jokes
with flair and grace

Let us use it fairly
Without an agenda everytime
Not every one is smart like you
To read between the lines
(Written by Jibrael Jos)
(In Bengaluru Airport)