Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Parents often quarrel on my issues,
More to settle their scores between them
And more to gain strength from my support
Than to show any concern for me.
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Man impacts the nature,
Which does in turn.
Man impacts the society,
Which does in turn.
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‘Have you built this vast business empire
Without being able to read and write?
Who would you be now if you were able to? ”
The bank manager asked his client, Foreman.
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I sold him a piece of land once.
Now it would fetch ten-folds in price.
It is his grace to be grateful.
It is my disgrace to expect it.
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My parents’ blood runs in me.
My siblings and I have same blood.
My wife’s blood is different,
But mixes with mine in our children.
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Having stooped, one’s climbed the ladder.
Having begged, one has come to the limelight.
Begging might be open or in secret.
He might be shameless and insensitive.
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Man steals things; things have no role
And hence are spared. Man steals a wife;
She has a role to play and yet is spared
As if a property, which woman must object..
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What goes up will come down.
What goes down will come up.
Yet we have no faith in it.
We buy at high and sell at low.
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One leaves the work for a walk
As a break, more to come back
With vigour towards the work.
Husbands straying, wives don’t sulk.
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The biomass is made up of sheaths:
Skin, muscles, nerves, blood, bone, morrow.
The bio-energy consists of layers:
Senses, mind, intellect, conscious,
Subconscious and unconscious.
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