Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

A duck went around
And met other birds
To say how well they’re.
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Wax exhausted, or being blown out
By wind or the mouth, the candle will die.
Flesh wearing out, or being eaten
By accidents or germs, man will die.
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Sex is neither moral nor immoral.
It is amoral, more than corporal.
Who else can man love other than woman?
He can love like none other when sexual.
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Though right, be not right on matters
On which the authorities are wrong.
Though right, be not right on issues
On which your well wishers are wrong.
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How dear we were
Once, as brothers and sisters!
Once no more are our parents
and we ourselves are parents,
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Driven by money,
One loses friends and kin.
Driven by sex,
One has no qalm or shame.
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The child has not got shame;
The old have shed their shame.
The mighty are immune to shame;
The lowly haven’t built shame.
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Every action has a reason.
Every reason can be traced
Either to prejudices or to passion.
Else, man will be impersonal.
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Forgiveness be a cancelled promissory note.
It must have no reference, nor relevance.
To say that I’ll forgive and not forget
Is just saying that I’ll not forgive.
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Cows breed more, deer breed more and hares breed more;
They must breed more for forests want them more.
They must feed lions, tigers and foxes
With their casualties in multitudes.
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