Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Women in fifties may look motherly
To lads and youths but are seductive
To those at or above her age really.
Women above seventy too are raped.
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I married her, a widow with a child,
From the crush on her, valued by pity.
I conducted her to her contentment
And brought up the girl as if my daughter.
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You are observing on yourself
The effect of the thing you observe.
It is applicable to idols.
Idol worships hold worshipers.
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Death: what does it mean?
The escape of soul?
Metabolic stop?
Decay of body?
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'To be in company with wife,
To be in lively talk with wife
And to be intimate with wife
Will reduce the chance of attack,
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The animate are made up of matter.
The inanimate are not different.
What makes the animate distinct
Is the life energy it possesses.
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The bamboo basket is unfit
To hold and carry water.
It will fail to carry water
But it gets dirt removed by it.
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Actions can be conditional,
Or optional or natural.
When conditional, the credit,
Good or bad, to the doers
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The hero waylays the heroine;
She is annoyed at his advance.
He persists in his endeavours.
She gives in, to be his sweetheart.
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Wrong done, pay for it.
Wrong done, seek pardon.
Wrong done, repent it.
Wrong done, confess to Him.
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