Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

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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As sensitive, I am neither tolerant nor patient.
As sensitive, I am neither neutral nor indifferent.
As sensitive, I am either a rose or a cactus.
Whose fault is it that I am sensitive?
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Goddess Athena is a virgin.
Mother Mary is a virgin.
Virgin state inspires your cults,
Your pride and your merits.
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When a door is shut
There might be another open.
But we wait looking
At the shut door to open.
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You have had the past; so has she.
Don’t go to her past when in love
As you don’t expect her to repeat.
She could be as fresh to you now
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Robes show us men as seers.
There are seers without robes.
The world sees men by robes.
Injustice is triumphant
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