Quatrain XV -- A CONVENIENT REBELLION*

In the recent past, the humble farmer sowed duds

To him, Bangalore’s software tzar was one giant spud

Only yesterday, Gowda struck a fertile political patch

He can feel power now; both through the door, and up the hatch

* Former prime minister and Karnataka’s chocolate-headed rabble-rouser, H D Gowda sits pretty, after son H D Kumarswamy conveniently ‘rebelled’ from his party (a coalition govt partner) and staked claim for power, supported by the BJP. Things had not been cosy between Gowda and the Congress of late.