Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Calls are from relatives to come and stay.
Helps are from relatives, with means unasked.
We, the couple, are fresh with the cancer.
Maybe they fear they might miss us soon.
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Hers tucked inside, man’s eyes look for them.
Hers held under wraps, man’s eyes feel for them.
Hers kept from sneaking, man’s eyes presume them.
Her bosoms in place, her face acquires grace..
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Twists are introduced in stories.
Miracles are inserted in scriptures.
Mysteries are made in poetry.
The unrealistic are interesting.
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Engaged in talks with a potent woman,
Man’s eyes feed on her body; he’s helpless.
Watching a woman singing on the stage,
Man’s eyes devour her visage; he’s helpless.
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Harmony cannot be brought to the world
By any messiah or god incarnates
As one eats the other for one’s living
Without mercy, and God is a witness.
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The successor to your throne
Is not to uphold your name
But to establish his name
Big enough to shadow yours.
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Whom you are free to scold,
Whom you can ask at ease,
Whom you’ll love to obey
And whom you fear to lose.
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Woman’s lips,
A pair horizontal above
And a pair vertical below
Send man insane in bed
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When I use something that my son has owned,
I couldn’t resist giving it to his son
Demanding for it for his son has more right
On his father’s than I have on my son’s.
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Living alone is now a new life style
Living alone is not feeling alone,
Nor feeling lonely or isolated either.
Singleton is a self-imposed life style.
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