Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

A man can fall for a woman,
Young enough to be
His daughter or grand daughter.
A woman can fall for a man,
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Some parents starve to feed their young ones;
Some beg, some toil, some steal or cheat.
But the greatest sacrifice parents make
Is their fasting from extramarital love.
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A lass will fantasize about the knight
In the shining armour,
Who will come on a galloping horse
And sweep her off her feet
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I am at ease to hate but tense when hated.
I am at ease to love but tense when rivaled.
I am at ease to seek but tense when rejected.
I am at ease to cuckold but tense when cuckolded.
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I don’t want people to be true to me.
Yes, they must please me with words and gesture.
Yes, they must hide their hate and displeasure.
I must be happy though it’s a folly.
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God forbids men to kill men.
God permits men to kill beasts.
Men are saved and not the beasts.
Don’t they pray to God, as do men?
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A mother is a poet so all women are.
A mother is a singer so all women are.
But in literatures male poets abound.
Only men are hungry of identity.
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A lover has two options;
To marry or marry not.
A paramour has two options;
To elope or elope not.
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Teeth have lost their power to tear
meat,
Legs are weak to tread stones and thorns.
Stomach cannot gulp raw, and skin
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Helen and Cleopatra- who are
The quintessence of beauty?
Both; because of Homer and
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