I Do Not Know Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

I do not know who it is honest and who dishonest,
Whom to call it honest, whom dishonest,
If you have money in your pocket, you are honest
And if you do not have, you are not.

If my stomach is full, I am honest
And if it is not, I am dishonest
And if this be as such, why to call someone honest or dishonest,
You say it please?

But some people try to show themselves strangely honest,
Testing for it,
Many try to behave in a Hamletian way
That they are honest, honest
With the locket of it hanging around the neck.

I too am honest or dishonest in my own way
Without implicating anyone,
Bringing not the embezzlement charges against anyone,
As I cannot show you taking money on the camera to be a reporter.

That person too is honest in my eyes who takes a little bit liberally
Just for something to get the things done
But those who take the bribe
But do not the job are the most dishonest persons.

If you are honest and your son is poor
Then you are not honest
As you have not schooled them properly
And as a father
You too had the duties of yours.