This was written for me by a dear friend. Someone I love with every fibre of my being (that includes both neutrons and neurons: inside joke).
The little girl who scratched her nose
candy pink bows on striped toes,
here is a bedtime tale,
of a little girl with credit card woes
and her travels and travails
a difference, she wanted to make
data entry, she deeply scorned
no for an answer, she would not take,
her wallet, be suitably warned.
but how to do it? where's the right space?
confused, she scratched her nose
wherever it is, it's certainly not *here
bereft of poetry, reeking of prose
*here stews with credit card data holders
it pays but does not play
those blessed men, an intel chip on their shoulders
just type away all day
there's no talk of woolf or plath
none of the indonesian election
no insight into meanings of life, or this path
or of Vallejo's latest collection!
is it too much for a girl to ask,
for a conversation that's not about sales?
is it too much, a gargantuan task
to move a little away from retail?
"of course not!", the merlion squacks
little one, do not fear
development is the place to be, it rocks
money is overrated, my dear!
come join the ranks of the squalid poor
who try to do good for a living
come let us find, for swine flu a cure
come let us be (for)giving!
let us teach little children, and nurse the elderly
we can't spend, but it will be sublime
let's walk homeless puppies, let us curse the miserly
we can't spend, but we can rhyme!
*name withheld for obvious reasons
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You'd think asking questions would be, at the very least, half the battle won. Unfortunately, as with most other things, life stubbornly insists on being: a bitch.
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Ignoring existential questions is that much easier on the weekends.
More so if you live in Mumbai.
Particularly if you are flushed with funds.
It helps if you are beautiful (Hee hee..)
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So this weekend I have decided to expedite the decision making process by- going to Goa. Undeniably the choice destination for all people who want to indulge in extended contemplation on a series of "serious" and potentially "life changing" questions.
Yup.. That's exactly how its going to turn out..
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I dedicate this (rather garbled) post to Shru-J (yo-yo-uh-uh) and Big Lips.
