Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

1. Chastity was thrust;
Identity of father
Was established.
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The one who wrote one’s thoughts
And got them published
Did so to spread one’s name.
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His wife cooks for him.
He is accustomed to it.
His wife sleeps with him.
He is accustomed to it.
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A woman has been a prey
To million eyes of men.
She has not fallen from grace
As she’s not consented it.
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Now he and she have lost their mates.
Now they are in their yellow days.
They had been lovers in their youth.
They’ve resurrected now their love.
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He wrote to me many words good of me
And ended with a word sharp about me.
The intention was to reprimand me.
A glass of milk mixed with a dropp of poison.
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The song sung for an occasion
Or for an audience is dead
Once the situation is over
And the purpose is over.
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There is no certainty
That Jesus was born on December 25th.
There is no certainty
That the departed soul exists and hears us.
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Woman will disturb man
With eyes, smiles and tears,
But it is her silence
Which is the deadliest.
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Words of admiration
Thrown around a woman
Are nothing but granites
Strewn around for her tomb.
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