Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

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201.
Songs Of The Duck

A duck praised a goose for her rich songs
And wanted the goose to comment her songs,
Which she did as the propriety demanded.
The duck believed true the comments made.
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202.
The Belongingness

A man of my clan won;
I am conscious of my clan.
A man of my tongue won;
I am conscious of my tongue.
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203.
The Birth Of Love Be Known.

It is not enough that you requite my love,
Nor am I content that you desire me.
Others must know that we love each other
As a mother wants her child born to be known.
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204.
Affair Is No Harm

What is so called affair,
The flirting in secrecy?
Seeing, pursuing,
Assignation,
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205.
The Undeserving Humiliation

With my spectacles left at home,
I sought the server’s help
To read the menu on the table.
‘You too are illiterate? ’
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206.
A Bad Match

What is that your woman wants?
What does she look for in a man?
Even Sigmund Freud was helpless.
Man must be rich, successful, loving,
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207.
The Death Sentence

One convenience in a death sentence,
Unlike a normal death unannounced,
Is that we can attend the intended
Works on priority and feel relieved.
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208.
Believing Is Good

To believe in something as true
Which it is not, sooths one’s soul
Rather than disbelieving something
As not true, which it really is.
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209.
The Knack Of Love Scenes

A woman substitute herself for the heroine
And a man substitutes himself for the hero
And each enjoys the presence of the other
And both find interesting a love scene.
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210.
The Seer And The Beggar.

Ego battered, bereaved of kith and kin,
Bereft of worldly things, a beggar dies
With no wish, no curse and no regrets;
That amounts to detachment of the world.
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