Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Test with food, trial with home remedies,
Experiment with pills and applications
And then injection are tried in that order
To know it as cancer due for surgery.
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Be he a super man or a super star.
Let him ail or do spiritual things.
How does it matter to a common man
As long as he holds his wealth for himself?
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I visit temples, hails the scriptures,
Give alms to the poor, put on smiles
And say to the world I love my wife.
This is an image building exercise
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I let off a culprit to flee.
I pleaded complete ignorance
But connivance was a fact
When I was caught by my boss.
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Girls are cajoled by elders
With threats and assurances.
Maidens are beguiled by lovers
With warnings and promises.
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The groom must win the confidence
Of the bride in their love making.
Winning a girl cannot be done
Just by falling in love with her,
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Most 0f women would turn away
From a man’s advance for reasons:
Concern for family members,
Fear of being thrown out by members,
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By marrying a high woman,
To her kin you are a serf.
By marrying a low woman,
To her kin you are a king.
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Man’ success is the success with woman.
An expert teller of stories and wit;
An associate since a woman’s childhood;
One in prime youth with robust health;
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It is only when a woman is sure
That the man who loves her will not leave her,
That she lets the aroused man do away
With her maidenhood, with her maid as a witness.
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