Quick And Nimble Poem by Raj Arumugam

My friend helping me on a shopping trip
as I set up home requests
that he use his credit card and could
I give him a cheque for the amount.
I've got no problem with that.
My friend gets his fly-buy points
(or is it credit card points? Or is it both?)
and I get a little wisdom:
how swift the world is, and how it
calculates its ways and moves. Quick and
nimble, as they say, to survive in
a fast-moving society. Be quick and agile.
Or you'll lose out.
No. I'm content;
I'll earn my money
and I'll pay for what I get.
I shall live as I came, simple and content.





(from The Migrant - notes of a newcomer (February 1997- July 1998))