Still Other Woman Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

He is her lover and she lives with him.
They have lived as husband and wife for long.
She was beaten black and blue by him.
She cannot seek any legal remedy.
She cannot claim any share in his earning.
He can dismiss her and walk away
Without any consequence arising.
Woman who lives with a married man
Is the other woman, who is a mistress
Or a concubine, as branded by laws.
She has no marital right whatsoever.
Is woman made equal to man in the law?
24.07.2015