Admin Work Poem by Raj Arumugam

there’s a thousand admin work to be done
paperwork and invoices and filing and reports;
and yet the mind will not push the will
but rather engage the finger tips at the keys
to hammer out a poem
or turn the eyes to a flower


Oh! Damn!
What is this all about?
is this a mediocre mind
that cannot handle the world of reality and filing?
or is it Poetry saying:
That’s too deadening and will numb your brain!
I’d rather keep you for me!
And you keep away from administration and paperwork!


Well, perhaps my wife’s more right:
You’re just too darned lazy
to complete your paperwork…
You’d better finish it
or the only place where we’d get our next cup of tea
may well be at a Welfare Home…