Muscles and Brains

I see men
with big biceps,
skin-tight clothes and visible veins,
with that same chiseled haircut,
either clean or with a big bushy beard,
channeling most of their time
into herculean bodybuilding
and walking around places
encroaching spaces of other men
sometimes with frowned eyebrows.

I see men
skinny fat, or with pot bellies
in regular or formal attires,
shirts struggling to stay tucked,
pants and shoes out of fashion,
without any hairstyle as such,
burdened with work,
living ordinary, or sometimes extraordinary lives,
some with lots, and some without much
money.

And I wonder,
if all men fall into just
one of the two types –
muscles or brains?

Most men I’ve seen
have only one
but if a man has both,
he’s blessed, and rare,
if not forever,
atleast for
some time.

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