Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Every heap will have a peak,
That it can be proud of. Be it.
Let the bigger one applaud it
It promotes peace and harmony.
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Sri Lankan President was not the cause
Of the defeat and the death of Prabhakaran,
Karuna, his erstwhile comrade was the cause.
A friend turned enemy is the deadliest.
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I no longer long for
What has gone stale
Or what I have got tiered of.
I no longer long for
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He befriends me and also others.
She is in love with me and others.
I need not mind it to feel happy.
You can’t have one exclusive for you.
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I have been given good times.
Let me face bad times too.
I have been given successes.
Let me taste failures too.
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Men go after women whom they desire.
Women desire men and tempt with their looks.
Men are denied and women, self denied.
They both masturbate to meet their thirsts.
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Being under-worked is worse
Than being overworked.
Consumption lost rankles worse
Than leisure lost in a given time.
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Overweight, short-height and black skin
Constantly stay in women’s mind
And obsess them with subtle fear
Of being stigmatized by men.
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In an instance, she hit my sensitiveness.
The ardent love I had for her broke down.
It made me act with such vengeance
As to plunge into I know what, just for
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No two remain as friends.
No two remain as lovers.
But two remain as spouses
Thanks to trust and locking.
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