Seema Aarella - One Rupee Coin

Very odd are the things
A rupee coin can make,
A pleasure to give and take.
Toss it up for head or tail,
Buy a stamp for your mail,
Offer it to god and pray,
It can buy you toys of clay,
Use it for a call you make,
Or to check your body weight,
Add it with a hundred note,
Make it one not one
Put in an envelope
And gift it to some one.
Far is it reach
From Swiss to piggy banks
Wanted by people of all ranks.
Drop it in wishing ponds
Hope it returns in leaps and bounds.
Buy a lucky dip, Give a miser tip
Jingling in your pocket always
All is well, as long as it stays.
Born in the rooms of RBI
Not a coffee it can buy.
Few like this and many more,
Very long is a Rupee’s lore.
But when I placed it
In raised palm of a little girl
Begging for alms
She flashed a million dollar smile
And the ‘Rupee’ was all worthwhile.

Seema Aarella

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