The Examination Day...

With unbelieving wide open eyes…
As horror slowly took hold of me…
I stared without blinking twice…
At the question paper in front of me!

It all seemed complete nonsense…
Not a single answer I knew…
With every second I grew tense…
If only they had given some clue!

I cursed cruelly the paper setter…
And I wanted to tear the question paper…
Hey! Why waste it? It is better…
That I use it as toilet paper!

Thus, with a victorious smiling face…
I lay down on my desk to sleep…
Just then by luck or God’s grace…
At another student’s paper, I got a peep!

Eureka! I could see every answer…
As his writing was very neat…
And my pen glided like a dancer…
On my white answer sheet!

Never before in my past…
Had I ever written so much…
For my eyes and hands were really fast…
In copying everything as such!

Finally, to copy the last line…
I searched for a glimpse to catch…
But staring straight into the eyes of mine…
Was a dark black moustache!

"Oh, It is Veerappan!" I thought with thrill…
But no, I can’t be right…
Because it was my Principal…
Who had caught me in this plight!

Like a frozen statue I sat…
Not knowing what to say…
But he stared at me like an angry cat…
And I knew this was my last day!

It was then that it dawned on me…
That his nuts were actually loose…
And do you know what he asked me?
"Why haven’t you polished your shoes?"

Ha ha ha! I wanted to laugh out…
But I held myself back…
And mumbled something about…
The polish not being black!

He accepted my lame excuse…
And strode out of the room…
And my nervous heart it did enthuse…
For I was saved from doom!

On that day I did learn…
That copying is grossly wrong…
Because the good name that you earn…
Fades away like a song!

To not copy, is to be wise…
For in the long run it will help you…
But I may not follow this advice…
Coz it’s meant only for you!!!!!