Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

When he tends his child, its mother is pleased
As she finds in it her genes in display.
When she nurses her child, its father is pleased
For he finds in it his genes in display.
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There is an inner urge
In flowers to seek bees,
In fruits to seek birds,
In herbs to seek cattle
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Sex for job; sex for role;
Sex for crown; sex for loan;
Are these consensual sex
Beyond any retribution?
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A passenger without a ticket,
You travel with fellow passengers,
Not sure where and when you'll alight.
When you leave, you'll leave everything.
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A section of people in Kerala
Is unable to reconcile themselves
To the loss of the caste power enjoyed
And wants to get it back by Hinduism.
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To say that I'm raped is to say I'm spoiled.
It is a shame and woman goes invalid.
To say that I was sexually harassed
Is to say I'm not spoilt and came unscathed.
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The nose-stud you wear on your right nostril,
Though as tiny as a small muster seed,
By its solitary sparkling diamond
And the elevated nose excite me.
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Mind is filled with some beliefs.
Beliefs removed, we feel insecure.
Beliefs filled, we see through them.
The things seen take the colour
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There are people who are kind in two ways.
Some are altruistic and some, strategic.
Both feel elated when they are generous, reward area of the brain stimulated.
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Sexual attraction between the spouses
Will slow down and reach a sexual rut.
New things in bed, changing location,
Watching porn, fantasying someone can boost.
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