Padma has just returned from a mail-collecting and shop-'til-you-drop trip to the Bay. Before I could get crook at her for having spent so much money on her "SUKIN - Purely Ageless" cosmetics — "But they were all on special"; "yes, COLES 'specials'" I replied — she handed me a large white envelope with unfamiliar handwriting.
I pulled it open and out slid a "Gimble" for easy 'hands-free' reading. In the excitement, I almost overlooked the enclosed poem which reads:
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Bookworms I know read all of the pages
But reading, like ageing, will take its toll
Those page-turning fingers become less nimble
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Wow! From chartered accountant to poet laureate! Thank you, Frank, for such a thoughtful gift! And thank you also from Padma whom you saved from a dressing-down for that money spent on those cosmetics.
