Imagined Realities Rule Men. Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

A corporate is a formed one by man.
Men, money and mater are assigned to it.
It gets assets and liabilities.
It is personified in all respects.

Sell all the assets and dismiss all men;
Still is there the corporate on paper.
Dissolve the company by a stroke of pen;
Still are there all things that belonged to it.

The formation of a company named
With the inclusion of things and persons
And the money made over in its name
Is an imaginary exercise.

The same is applicable to a nation.
The same is applicable to a religion.
They all are imagined realities.
They are given a legal entity

They exist as the people believe so.
Religion and nation are subjective
Without any objective existence.
Such like formations are like abstract nouns.
26.03.2010