Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Lying, habitual, is a disease.
Steeling, habitual, is a disease.
Womanizing is a disease.
These need treatment, not punishment.
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Lying, habitual, is a disease.
Steeling, habitual, is a disease.
Womanizing is a disease.
These need treatment, not punishment.
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Who are the second and third, I don't mind.
Who are those ahead of me, I would mind.
Gain rules as the sole consideration.
Compassion has no ground to occupy.
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Woman has fear when in company of man
That he would make sexual advances.
Woman has fear when with man in the bed
That he might inflict pain in perversion.
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Reciprocity is the link
That fastens to souls to be close.
Objective, subjective or both
Reciprocity acts in them.
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Men are vendors, ready to sell their wares.
Women are buyers, choosy in their needs.
Not sure of women's time and wants, men yell.
Do pedestrians scold when hockers yell?
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Urged by the ego, to boost one's image,
Each one floats a sect, with a set of rules
To be followed by them and to spread in turn.
One of the rules is surrender ego.
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No one can match your parents
In the intensity of pride
They would have about you
When you accomplish something.
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Money overrides merit
In admission to institutions
In recruitment to organizations
In appointment to establishment
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The rose smells to him as it doeth to me.
The moon shows to him as it doeth to me.
Honey tastes to him and to me alike.
All senses work like man's in both of us.
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