She had been a versatile woman, <br />Having worked as a cook, a keeper, <br />A sweeper, a cahier, a store-keeper, <br />A washer woman, a gate-keeper, <br />A nurse, a waiter, and an escort. <br />All she did under one master, <br />Her husband, who bequeathed to her <br />The widowhood as gratuity.<br /><br />Rm.Shanmugam Chettiar.<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/her-gratuity/
