Diogenes The Beggar-Teacher Poem by Raj Arumugam

And Diogenes is an outcast
not wanted by society;
his mind is way too far
and he doesn't belong -
and where does he come from, anyway?
and they don't want teachers like that;
and the men and women of Dignity
have made sure he stands at the periphery,
as far outside as possible


'O why do you beg,
Diogenes? '
asks the butcher

'I'm a teacher,
Old Butcher, '
says Diogenes
'I beg in order
to teach'

'And what
do you teach? '
asks the butcher

'Generosity, '
answers Diogenes
'Do you have some bones
and meat you can spare? '