Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

I love her more than her flesh.
I love her more than her shape.
I see her and focus on her face
And view her in full robes.
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To pinch and kiss or to kiss and pinch-
The intention is same; hatred.
The reception is same: sore.
Kiss can’t erase or compensate the sore.
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Over grown, others may cut you into size.
Poorly grown, others will help you to grow.
Being poor is not that much a curse.
Being rich is not that much a bliss.
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Law has no allowance for ignorance.
Discipline has no room for mercy.
Perfection has no hole for tolerance.
Loyalty has no place for honesty.
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Prosperity is at its peak-
When purchase is easier than disposal,
When purchase is cheaper than repair,
When manpower is dearer than machine’s
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Marriage demands living together.
Sexual compatibility is not enough.
Personality clashes intervene.
Marriage tests the couple’s tolerance.
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Every woman knows every man
Who sets his eyes on her with a design.
She gives her audience as she likes it.
She will resent it if told, ‘I love you’.
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A woman, as she’s paired with a man
In a duet, a dance or a love scene,
Can perform without sexual emotion.
So is a harlot; give her same status.
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Friends and girlfriends I’d got in schools and college
Are now out of contacts and out of trace.
My efforts to see them are of no avail.
We are as good as dead to each other.
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He scolded me so I spit at him;
He yelled that I had beaten him.
I shouted that he had kicked me.
Thus we vied to lie to get justified.
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