Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

A beauty queen is the one
who loves with a stone heart,
treats men as slave,
feeds in men flames of jealousy
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I am lazier than my father
And my son is lazier than me.
I learn more than my father
And my son, more than me.
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She was born as a koel,
Brought up among nightingales;
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Raised cheeks, a pointed nose,
A wide mouth, shoulders thrust
Backward, a narrow waist,
And broad haunches
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There were great men by whom the society
Has immensely benefited and yet
It utterly failed to treat their descendants,
Who reeled in poverty and are forgotten.
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The brain is sharper than the brawn.
The brawn is stronger than the brain.
The brain is a blade and the brawn, an axe.
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Beauty is as well a burden
To woman as it is an asset
Every woman willingly bears it
As Jesus bore the Cross
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That agreement lasts longer
Which gives both parties
The feeling that
Each scored over the other.
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Big gain big loss is a risk.
No gain no loss is secure.
Small gain small loss is safe.
Small gain no loss is wise.
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Even a pessimist turns an optimist
When he started reading a woman
Who he has fallen in love with.
He sees more than she looks;
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