Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Neither this nor that by race but mixed,
Neither this nor that by faith but mixed,
What else must the giant be to keep peace?
The giant’s been crowned; the giant’s been reined.
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Which part of women
You train your eyes on
Would become to you sexy,
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When a figure is fit to the frame
Conceived in brain, it is a beauty.
If it is a grossly unfit, it is ugly.
If it is slightly unfit, time adjudge the
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Like everything in the world,
You are governed by two forces,
Quite opposite: static and dynamic.
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You will limp without a wound on the
limb
If you are led by one who is lame.
Take care to select a role model.
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A test was drawn between two priests
To succeed the throne. One was to fetch
One superior to him and the other, one his inferior.
Both came back bringing none.
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God’s men were there,
To serve and redeem,
With apparent sacrifice
And apparent selflessness.
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Praise not one in front to gain.
Beg not one to reap.
Seek not mercy to escape.
Be not a sheep to feel safe.
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Every tide, tiny or big, has to ebb.
Yet it rises; yes, it must.
Every ripple, any size, has to die,
Yet it stirs; yes, it must.
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To attain atop in a set up,
Where seniority counts,
Is very much analogous
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