To Be Longed For And To Long Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

Why must a woman flaunt her beauty,
Even after having secured her mate
If at all that was her strategy,
And why must she still pursue it
Though not at all to procure one,
And carry it past menopause
When her cyclic urge settles down?

Why must a man long for a woman,
Even after having hooked his mate
If at all that was his acumen,
And why must he still sustain it
Though not at all to replace the one,
And carry it past his menopause
When he is rendered as a straw?

Being longed for is her pleasure;
Longing for woman is his pleasure.
23.09.2003