Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

In spring, as velvet
Soft and brown,
In summer, a carpet
Firm and green,
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You are smiling but no smiles inside.
You pity but really no pity inside.
You pose as attending but you aren’t.
Suchlike are moments when you aren’t
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Hands are to grab and to make too.
Hands are to hold and to lend too.
Hands are to ward and to hug too.
Have mind to lend power to the hand.
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The heart approaches joy
But never reaches it.
The heart approaches women
But never reaches them.
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I deserted the girl I loved
To marry the one selected.
I married the girl I loved
And left my parents in lurch
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Dignity is the reputation
Acceptable to the conscience.
Divinity is the sacrifices
Induced by the conscience.
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When does man get his killing pleasure?
A win in a tournament, a win in an encounter,
Or a rout of an opponent? No, none other than
When he wins a woman’s sexual love.
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You have got head, tongue and skin.
You have got stalk, chair and purse.
You have yet been rejected
By the girl proposed to you,
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Woman, be a flower
To emit fragrance.
Woman, be an inflorescence
To display beauty.
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Don’t lie that you don’t love me.
Even if you do so, you are my love.
Don’t deny that you love me.
Even if you do so, you are my love.
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