Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

There is food that stimulates hunger;
There are women who stimulate hunger.
Other food and other women are sought
To kill the hunger that demands action.
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The couple must have mutual trust.
To feel secure in each other.
The couple cannot achieve this
With their earnings kept separate.
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He wonders if he is worthy of her.
She wonders if she is worthy of him.
As long as this sentiment persists
The couple will be knitted together.
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I tell you what I think you want to hear.
You tell me what you think me want to hear.
We like each other; we fool each other.
We both reserve the unsaid for gossips.
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You can't write which are accepted by all.
You can't write which no one would object too.
No writes are relevant for all occasions.
Write what you feel true or don't write at all..
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I shall be fingers on you, a guitar.
I shall be lips on you, a clarinet
And shall be sticks on you, a drum,
To produce rhythm in you, my dear.
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The root and the shoot of a plant
Grow in opposite directions
With different pursuits of jobs
Yet they remain stuck together
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Beautiful, rich and talented has been she.
Handsome, high and intelligent has been he.
He married her, a widow of her friend.
Who is lucky of whom, one cannot say.
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Who hasn't looked at women without lust?
Who hasn't done adultery in the heart?
The capable ones indulge in adultery
And the incapable dream of adultery.
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No animals corner food and shelter
For their descendants to inherit
For they cannot locate their descendants.
So, no murder and no fraud among them.
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