prathap suthan - maybe

maybe

it made adam walk a bit taller

it made ulysses perhaps more cunning

it made socrates find wisdom in ethics

it made galileo peer deeper into space

it made magellan explore unknown seas

it made da vinci come through as eternal

it made darwin add a tail to mankind

it made shakespeare quill those classics

it made ivan more terrible when he raged

it made marx look a true Marxist

it made lincoln extra presidential

it made crusoe live among coconut islands

it made alexander ring more than a bell

it made brahms discover genius inside piano

it made buffalo bill a deathless legend

it made che guevara define revolutionary

it made lennon definitely imagine


maybe

it makes castro photogenic with his cigar

it makes rogers anything but a coward

it makes spielberg an extraordinary terrestrial


and then I wonder

maybe my straggly beard alone

isn’t enough to get me into the list

of great men with beards.

prathap suthan

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