Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

With no one to talk to,
With nothing to see, hear or read,
Still I won’t feel lonely
If I’ve got pen and paper.
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The drunkard father,
The immoral mother
The foolish sons
The ill looking daughters
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Beggars don’t prefer to be thieves.
Thieves don’t prefer to be robbers.
They all don’t have eye for women.
The rapists are hard criminals.
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The earth is flat, once people thought.
Were they guilty of that thought?
Aren’t we guilty if we still think so?
Adam and Eve are the first born.
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The rock crumbles; soil is born.
Glass is broken; chips are born.
Earth is lost; pot is made.
One death leads to the other birth.
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I waste feasting the rich.
I waste pleasing the crooked.
I waste being chivalrous.
God wastes raining in the sea.
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Leave the place where you got bad name.
Stick to the place where you have good name.
Leave the women who don’t mind you.
Cling to the women who lend attention.
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‘What are you worth? ', someone asked me.
‘I'm worth a hundred pounds.' said I.
‘Your wealth is immense and how is it? '
‘The charity I made this year comes that much
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A touch is sensuous and sensual
To a man and a woman as well
When he touches her and when she feels it.
Her touch on him is neutral to both.
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Why must India be the colony of England?
The leader asked and Indians thundered.
Why must some in India be untouchable?
The leader asked and Indians kept quiet.
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