Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

No mammals other than man wanted
To leave footfalls of them after death
Nor do they raise monuments for the dead.
They’re wise to mind not the afterlife.
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Has Lord Rama lived
As the Ramayana has depicted?
Has Lord Krishna lived
As the Mahabharata has enacted?
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Civilization is imitation.
Imitation is innovation.
In each innovation, holes are plugged.
Imitation brings growth by correction.
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It is my family God, made of stone,
Standing aloof away from my village.
What cult He belongs to, none of us knows.
He is not the one who has made the world.
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Good breed not getting education,
Good seed not heading to harvest,
Good women not blushing or the noble erring,
And mismatch marriage don’t do good.
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No animals use tools;
They use only their limbs.
Men use all sorts of tools
That damage fast the earth.
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He is a beggar who stands before you
With a bowl held out, throwing an eager look.
He might be a fake of those in the line.
You must drop a coin, with lack of proofs.
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Stories are made to histories.
Histories are made to stories.
Man excels in make-believe art.
Foolery is his skillful craft.
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The world exists not in mutual term.
Tigers eat deer and not vice versa.
The might rule the weak, not in turn.
Man cuts down trees with no wrath from them.
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Women are chaste as with low libido.
Or as in sublimation of arts and works
Or as grown in a guarded society.
Stigma and guilt are the constant watch dogs.
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