Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

I was going to meet two women
For the first time in ten years.
I was eager to see these women
Who made me interested in them
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A lady must know what to hide and
what to share,
How much to hide and how much to
share,
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Human body is a pair of scissors.
Left brain and right brain function as handles.
Left and right sides of the body act as blades.
Brain sides operate opposite portions.
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One can fantasize only a real woman
Seen in person or in picture
To sublimate for one’s lust.
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The human mind works on three tiers
With upper, middle and lower levels
As the conscious mind, the subconscious
And the unconscious respectively.
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We cling to multiple identities;
Such identities impel us to show
Loyalties based on identities.
Multi-loyalties bring conflict in us.
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When a landlord is distributing clothes
To a large number of people to mark
His birthday, to stand in queue and get them
Make them feel humbled rather than happy.
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A man sinks himself in a woman's esteem
When he bothers her with his love in haste,
An ordinary woman though she's been,
And she gains a great strength to dismiss him.
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As cotton, I was dear to the farmer,
And then to the spinner. Becoming yarn,
To the weaver and as cloth to the wuser
I was dear in care for the rest of time.
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I hold back my love from them whom I fear.
I'm denied love by those who fear me.
To love everyone is not in practice.
To advise to that effect is a fasion.
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