Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

We act on an assumption
That what we accept as true
Is really true though it might not be..
It is also on the assumption
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Who dwells in your brain most-
The woman won or the one lost?
Which dwells in your thought most-
The love won or the one aborted?
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Man is concerned for woman’s body not her love.
Woman is concerned for man’s love, subservience,
And comforts, and least his body.
Each one is selfish and ends in anguish.
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Before two thousand years,
Who prayed to the Son of God?
Before three thousand years,
Who prayed to Ram and Krishna?
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There comes a time
To every woman’s life
When she wants someone to love her.
She loves flattery and
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One’s thoughts spread, not on their merits alone,
But on one’s skill to perpetuate them.
Men grew great for their skill in perpetuation,
Rather than for the merits their thoughts hold
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Do no favours; do no hurts
You are good to one and all.
Do favours ended with a hurt.
You stay as bad in the world.
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Artists entertain the mass.
God men entertain the mass.
Both get their wages and praises
More than their dues and toils
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Jewels lost their luster.
Women discarded them.
Plaited hair is not a fashion.
It has become ceremonial.
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Eat rich food, watch movies,
See beauties, go to parties
And spend in luxuries.
What else can you do
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