Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

He scolded me so I spit at him;
He yelled that I had beaten him.
I shouted that he had kicked me.
Thus we vied to lie to get justified.
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I write to a particular readership;
To keep them in humour is my business.
Their words of praise are my satisfaction.
You’re misfit when you don’t find them good.
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Hope is not a certainty;
Guess is not a certainty.
So are perception and prediction.
Intuition is an illusion.
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An elephant and an ant
Demand a certain distance
For one to see them clearly and
Those distances vary.
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In a dispute both parties lie;
The greater lies help win the case.
Seemingly true are the great lies.
That the truth will triumph is a mith.
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An advertisement!
Therein is a gorgeous woman.
Her look is so stunning.
I am fully engrossed in it
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In her parting, my sorrow never sleeps
Though in others’ eyes she is none to me.
At tether end, new episode is beyond hope.
Seeing her anew will never lull the sorrow.
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Man takes pride
In propagation and exaggeration,
And woman does
In relegation and negation,
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No longer should I live
Than I lose lust in sex,
Than I be a burden to my siblings
And than I turn handicapped,
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Love in sex is
a Fun in between lovers,
a Passion in the first-night,
a Custom in between spouses,
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