Tears Aren’t The Criterion. Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

Tears Aren’t The Criterion.



My grandfather’s death brought me to tears;
My father’s death, fifty years later,
Brought me to no such tears, thickness
Notwithstanding; glands dried with the age.
14.05.05

Monday, September 28, 2009
Topic(s) of this poem: death,father,grandfather,tears
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Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

Aravayal, karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, South India
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