Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Right to property; right to spouse;
Right to privilege; right to throne;
Right is gained, usurped or denied.
A right is just a born rebel,
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Is luck different from chance and fortune?
Is luck a demand-able commodity?
It, like a chance, comes unasked and un-timed.
It, like fortune, selects one with blind eyes.
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To forgive unasked is a noble thing.
To empty the need of forgiving one
By not taking it an offence is still more.
To do good instead of pardon is much more.
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Outcomes are inconsistent
In spite of best efforts put.
Some turn good and some, bad.
Outcomes lie beyond our control.
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I don’t eat beef, nor hate who all eat beef.
Hindus don’t eat beef, nor slaughter a cow.
I can visit a mosque and bow my head
By which I shall not cease to be a Hindu.
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Energy is only two kinds;
Potential and kinetic.
Wood is potential energy.
When it burns, it is kinetic.
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Lack of hygiene, laziness and greediness
Are chief factors that stand in the way of
The couple’s physical intimacy
And not the low sexual drives as we presume.
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Prayers may not grant your wishes,
Remove sorrows or replace losses.
Prayers would sedate violence,
Instill hopes and enlarge visions.
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Seeing you at my yard, I accosted.
Meeting you at my threshold, I talked.
Receiving you in the hall, I chatted.
Letting you in, I gave you a dinner.
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Who will fence the fence?
Who will shade the tree?
Who will protect shoes?
Who will care mothers?
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