Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

The joint family system has cracked.
To the nuclear family has come to stay.
The couple will use separate bedrooms.
Tolerance is on decline.The stress, too.
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Often you get love from
Those who less deserve
While you set yourself to
Those who you less deserve.
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The lover is sad
When he leaves his sweet heart.
He will be sadder
When she vacates the premises
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Having chased a bull is more a valour
Than capturing a mule.
Having aimed at a lion is more chivalrous
Than maiming a hare.
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It is the Butterfly that visits flowers
And not vice versa.
Is it why you made me frequent to you
Yourself remaining passive?
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Bulls chase the cows and cocks, hens.
Male succeeds while female succumbs.
If man enacts it, it is branded as rape.
Animals are not as possessive as men
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Brainless beauty is a peril.
Brain without beauty is still a thrill.
To me, however, you are a thrill.
My intellect, you titillate.
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You came to me in cotton saree
Knowing that I like you in cotton.
You came to me in new drape
Willing that I should see you in it.
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Cart, car, train, aeroplane,
Telephone, wireless and television
All brought the distance closer.
Internet wiped that little distance.
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A novel read gives you more gratification
Than the movie taken of it is seen.
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