Development
We play games
You and I and they
Play at reconciling what is irreconcilable
Agreeing on irrelevant details and grand concepts
But glossing over love and understanding
That the concepts embody
We play games
You and I and they
To preserve our little domains
And prevent them from blossoming
Into flowers that will free the world
Of you and I and they
We play games
You to survive and I to negotiate your survival
And they to plunder us both.
Karachi, February 1989
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Heart wrenching. Isn’t it? Wah.
….. you knew this Arif ….. in 1989 ….I really learnt it when Gregor left MIS.
with thanks