Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

To be a mother is a woman’s pride.
The child being a son, her pride doubles.
If the child goes unmanageable,
Her pride will grow triples; she would chuckle.
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To take revenge is the greatest pleasure,
Hetero sex is the deepest pleasure.
If one found the same pleasure somewhere else,
He would be regarded as a great man.
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Over expectation-
Under expectation-
Exact expectation-
Satisfaction equals
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The lies you make to one, make
A distance between you two.
The more the gravity is,
The more the distance will be.
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The child loves most the one
Whom it defies, demands, dictates
And is at liberty to provoke
And not the one whom it obeys,
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Prostitutes are happy with their profession
As beggars are, with theirs. To wipe them out
Would amount to denying their right to work
And to depriving consumers of their wants.
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Staunch faith in God
Makes one mistake medicine for magic.
Shallow faith in God
Makes one mistake magic for medicine.
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Everything looks like a nail
When man gets a hammer.
Everything looks like a log
When man gets an axe.
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So long as the low race feels stigmatized
No racial parity by law gives relief.
So long as housewives feel stigmatized
No woman empowerment gives relief.
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You can do anything
Though not everything.
You can please anyone
Though not everyone.
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