Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

My lady is such a woman
That I cannot touch her,
Leave alone a hold or union.
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We let down some.
Some let down us.
In the end it evens out.
Let there be no hatreds.
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Suicide is an instant thoughtless action
For any cause unpredictable by any.
Suicide is found an escape route at hand.
To find the abettor and punish is bad.
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Saga of life is four billion years.
Only six major events can be seen
In the long period of evolution.
The one celled life, the multi celled life,
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Leap and bound when i am lifted
I feel i deserve the rise and bask.
In the retreat when i slide fast
I feelI'm victimised and sulk.
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You get guilt for the act of your ego.
You do atonement to redress the ego.
You repent the act to put right the ego.
You lament your doing to refresh the ego.
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To beget a baby
Is to get a copy.
Be that copy to shape
In the mould parents set.
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Pupils erring, the monitor steps in.
Monitors idling, the teacher steps in.
Teachers shirking, the Head Master steps in.
Head Masters failing, parents step in.
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Patriarchy is a biological construct,
Which allots hunting to males and breeding to females.
Patriarchy is also a social construct,
Which allots reigning to males and keeping to females.
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A woman may leave her man found bitter.
She may leave him for someone found better.
She thus commits no criminal offence
But uses autonomy and privacy.
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