Give and Take

I can teach you how
You may kowtow;
Or slice carps or mullet
As an expert;
If you be a traveler
Survival skills I can impart;
But it will do you no good.
If nature has taught,
You have learnt something more than
Mere practice of an art.
(You are taught as much
By nature of life.)
Ah, then I shall teach you
Willingly what you lack.
I shall also profit from my lessons.
benny