Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

She does not know how much I endear her.
I gush over her sense of dressing,
Swoon over her impressive countenance,
Eulogize her scintillating performance, [dance]
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Family taken as your asset
You’ll be an asset to the family.
Society taken as your asset
You’ll be an asset to the society.
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Visual prostitution,
Woman cannot escape.
Visual molestation,
Man cannot resist.
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Anything done or made great
Can give you pride till you are late.
Your descendants can breathe the air
Till they branch out and go traceless.
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I suffer from, one after the other,
Ailments due to age and two surgeries.
I stopped revealing them to the inmates
As the response was in irritating tongues.
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When I die I alone do not die
But with ones living in my memory.
When someone, in whose memory I’m,
Dies, to that extend I will also die.
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Wrong accusation may lead to suicide.
Fear of torture may lead to suicide.
Sacrificing tendency can be the cause.
Loss of wealth or name can be the cause.
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The taste of honey lasts
Till it lies on the tongue.
The sight of beauty lasts
Till it falls in the eyes.
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You wrapped your arms around me
And pressed your chest against me.
I felt your breath on my nape
And lips playing on my neck.
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Man to explore; woman to be explored.
The eagerness with which he explores her
Determines satisfactions that both get.
Strangeness between them plays a vital role.
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