Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

I am happy when fortune strikes me
But not so when it befalls others.
I feel relieved when misfortune strikes
Not me but others. A wretched mind.
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Flowers plucked, branches cut,
A tree is not dead.
Pollens dead and ovules dead,
No life is lost.
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Feel good while doing good
And feel bad while doing bad
To make you man.
To feel good while doing bad
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Woman is incomplete without man.
Man is not complete without woman.
Woman is a pot and man, a lid.
She is a pot sans lid and he, a lid sans pot
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I am old enough;
The dawn is at sight.
The shore is at a stone throw.
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Being loyal to the queen, plunder;
You are spared.
Being honest to truth, thunder;
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We profess our intelligence
By speaking things,
Rarely without metaphor
And seldom define
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She shed no tears
For the death of her lover
She lusted and slept with.
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One to one, every woman
Is nice to a man.
So is man to a woman.
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Small or big, dark or fair,
Stiff or soft, erect or bent,
Fresh or used, raw or ripe,
Visible or hidden, revealing or
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