Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Animals fight for food.
Men do for pleasure too.
Animals hunt for food.
Men do for sport too.
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My death would be a piece of news,
Or utmost a surprise or a relief
And in no way a pain or a grief.
Inmates would be busy for my dispatch,
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Loved by woman, I get strength.
Loving woman, I get courage.
Loved by the woman whom I love,
I get strength and courage together.
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In a circle where people run,
The first one runs behind the last one
And the last one before the first one
Everything is cycling in the world.
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As a foreman, one will not mind
getting oiled.
As a farmer, one will not mind
getting soiled.
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In the act of kissing,
Man’s lips are pursuant
And woman’s, recendent.
Kissing is man’s business
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A grandmother and her teenage daughter
Had been in my observation for sometimes.
The girl was in bloom like a green shoot.
The lady was with wrinkles like a dry bark.
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It’s a folly to expect a woman to emote
The way you have seen they do
In all classics and romantic literatures.
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One murdered a man
Who cuckolded him.
One murdered his spouse
To live with his paramour.
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The intelligent one is ungrateful.
His eyes are on steps ahead
Not on the ones trodden.
The intelligent one is unreliable.
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