Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Convicted of the crime that you committed,
You will absolve the guilt.
Convicted of the crime that you uncommitted,
You will curse the guilt.
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Who is the most attractive?
Child: Mother!
Woman: Child!
Man: Woman!
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Stale to her spouse,
Hot is she to others.
Weary of his spouse,
Curious is he of others.
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I decide to become a sanyasin,
Not that by that will end my sin
But that I get license to sin
And that by it would hide my sin.
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In a bogie were there,
A spinster and her mother,
The second one with more beauty care.
It was she, who got attention, youth nowhere.
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To smoke in public is barred.
To smoke in travel is banned.
No charm in stealthily smoking
As is in illicit love making,
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Dark hair, not dark skin,
White teeth, not white hair,
Red lips, not red blood,
Yellow skin, not yellow teeth
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We were known to each other.
You were wed to some other.
I didn’t let you know my desire.
You didn’t let me guess your desire.
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He had many friends.
They offered him help.
They showered him with gifts.
His wife knows it is for her face.
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Pleasure is of many kinds.
to cause fear
to cause suffering,
to cause humiliation,
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