Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

The trees voted the axe,
Seeingits stem as their member.
They hoped good of it,
But suffered at the hand of the blade.
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Go for a walk; sweat in the gym;
All advice one to shed one's weight
Set on foot, leave lift and do chores
Manually.No one dares to say.
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Lot of surgeries are being done;
Not all need to.
Lot of scans and tests are being done;
Not all need to.
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Laws are misused by one's intelligence.
The harm they do when misused must weigh more
Than the good they do otherwise, in the mind
Of law makers to spare the innocents.
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For want of air, water or food one may die.
Accidents and enmity can kill one.
Disease and organs failure can crush one.
Predators and disaster are lethal.
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Wisdom grows with the age, said some wise men.
Old people are now bigger narcissists,
Hyper sensitive and demands to be heard.
Education must have stiffened their ego.
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People don't pray without motive.
The Gita speaks about four kinds of devout
Artharti is those who pray for fortune.
Arte is those who pray for some relief.
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The Tamil Sangam Era was confined
To literature and poetry available.
Keelady is the archaeological evidences
Of the civilization of that period.
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The sting of a bee might hurt you.
With bees gone, you will exit soon.
Insect pollination causes
The formation of seeds and fruits.
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Is it worth living, having lost one's eye sight?
The sooner the death, the better the life.
Being without sight is beinga lame too.
One pins one's hope on eye injection cure.
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