Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Allegations are accepted as true
Roomers are believed to be true.
Each man is caught in the web somewhere.
Such one must bear the Cross; no alternative.
...

Love for favour is meaner than no love.
Fake smiles are more vicious than wraths.
Kisses with a pinch pricks unlike no kiss.
A snake hides not the venom he carries.
...

Betting on my knowledge, I predict.
Betting on my intuition, I speculate.
Resigning to luck, I gamble at times.
All the three came to be stupid actions
...

Prostitution was abolished.
Illicit relations cropped up.
Public latrines were demolished.
Streets became public latrines.
...

Roots die hard for shoots.
Shoots yield to flowers.
Flowers succumb to seeds.
Seeds die to give seedlings.
...

Talents are not rewarded
Unless they are matched with
Amenability maintained
With higher-ups in the field.
...

Warring coupes don’t opt for divorce
They cannot afford to separate,
Cannot be same in value since then,
And are uncertain about the future.
...

A sin forgiven, I’m free of it.
Is death a sin? Who causes it?
Who is the forgiving authority?
Is death forgiven? If so, by who?
...

Killing for food is not a sin, we hold.
God’s killing is not for food, hence a sin.
Who can forgive Him? Is He absolved of it?
Yes, as He makes births equal to deaths.
...

Let us live apart and visit each other.
Let us have separate receipts and payments.
Trust and faith firmly held, we can avoid
Stress arising from living together.
...