Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Leap and bound when i am lifted
I feel i deserve the rise and bask.
In the retreat when i slide fast
I feelI'm victimised and sulk.
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You get guilt for the act of your ego.
You do atonement to redress the ego.
You repent the act to put right the ego.
You lament your doing to refresh the ego.
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To beget a baby
Is to get a copy.
Be that copy to shape
In the mould parents set.
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Pupils erring, the monitor steps in.
Monitors idling, the teacher steps in.
Teachers shirking, the Head Master steps in.
Head Masters failing, parents step in.
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Patriarchy is a biological construct,
Which allots hunting to males and breeding to females.
Patriarchy is also a social construct,
Which allots reigning to males and keeping to females.
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A woman may leave her man found bitter.
She may leave him for someone found better.
She thus commits no criminal offence
But uses autonomy and privacy.
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Menstruation is womanly function.
It's personal and woman's privacy.
To equate it with impurity is bad.
Drive out social stigma attached to it.
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Meera poured Krishna her fathomless love.
Andal poured Perumal her bottomless love.
Bharathi poured Kannamma his immense love.
All the loved ones are subjective characters
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Meera poured Krishna her fathomless love.
Andal poured Perumal her bottomless love.
Bharathi poured Kannamma his immense love.
All the loved ones are subjective characters
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Hit by a truck, crying for help,
Lost life a man on the high way,
People passing him with heads turned.
He was the one who rescued many
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