Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Goats trust in butchers;
Trees trust in choppers.
Must I be different
In trusting my leaders?
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It was my autumn that I met you.
It was your spring when you met me.
Love sparked; my autumn turned spring.
You didn’t turn autumn. I owe you all.
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Foxes are cheats;
Snakes are venom;
Lions are cruel.
Are they all meant,
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To dominate is a part of life
Like water that flows down the slope.
To resist is the first reaction
Like grass that filters the flow.
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A lot were dead from tidal waves.
Almost all were fishermen.
A grief to the humanity;
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The bolt that is not fit with a nut
Is not to be construed as unfit
But to be viewed as one misfit.
The bolt must seek one fit to it
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From the cradle to the grave,
We gulp every thing as sweat
And after the process of digestion
The food defecates as filth.
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Man, surrender to a deity,
That might in the end belie;
Surrender to a hero,
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Love is no less brittle
Than it is beautiful.
Handle it with care.
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If you have no nose for jasmine,
No ear for rhyme and no tongue for
Spices, you’ll have no eye for woman.
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