DOUBLE STANDARDS

POEM

In this life, it is often said

there are highs and lows.

Likewise, it is often said,

there are highs and

lows in this world.

The developed nations 

are always on the

top of the mountains.

On the contrary 

the under-developed countries

are always on the

foot-hills of the mountains.

While the developed nations

possess the nuclear bombs

boasting that nuclear weapons are

their prerogative and are proud of it,

the under-developed nations

are not permitted

to assemble nuclear

weapons and even nuclear

power for peaceful purposes

or for manufacturing energy

even clandestinely.

Developed nations sitting

on the top of the mountains

with their eagle-eyes espy it

and are enraged over

the under-developed nation

which is banned from

assembling nuclear weapons

or for any other purposes,

the developed nations

impose crippling sanctions over

the under-developed nation

so as to suffocate it.

Without dismantling the

entire weapons in their kitty

how come the developed nations go on assembling

nuclear weapons dime a dozen and

 dictate terms for the under-developed nations?