Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Diminution in belief is a tragedy.
Diminution in faith is a tragedy.
Hope is sent by them into jeopardy.
Hope lost, heaven is perceived as a hell.
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What is so called affair,
The flirting in secrecy?
Seeing, pursuing,
Assignation,
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Ego battered, bereaved of kith and kin,
Bereft of worldly things, a beggar dies
With no wish, no curse and no regrets;
That amounts to detachment of the world.
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The child is sincere in what it does;
With no goal set, it will not be tense.
Man is serious in what he does;
With a goal set, he will be tense.
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I am lucky in that
I am in the old age home
Run by my son.
Yes, he would be there
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One convenience in a death sentence,
Unlike a normal death unannounced,
Is that we can attend the intended
Works on priority and feel relieved.
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To believe in something as true
Which it is not, sooths one’s soul
Rather than disbelieving something
As not true, which it really is.
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A woman substitute herself for the heroine
And a man substitutes himself for the hero
And each enjoys the presence of the other
And both find interesting a love scene.
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With my spectacles left at home,
I sought the server’s help
To read the menu on the table.
‘You too are illiterate? ’
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What is that your woman wants?
What does she look for in a man?
Even Sigmund Freud was helpless.
Man must be rich, successful, loving,
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