Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

I shall pardon him if he asks for it.
It means I want his humiliation
As an exchange to the pardon proposed.
Such pardon is as good as punishment.
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My death is a loss
Only to me,
And not to any.
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My disbelief in ghosts
Does not kill my fear for them.
My disbelief in gods
Does not kill my fear for them.
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When you fail to do what you’ve intended,
That strengthens your inability to do,
Your temperament to insincerity
And your tendency for justification.
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I surmise the past with the factors known.
I perceive the future with the signs known.
There might be unknown facts influencing.
As a result I fault in my conclusions.
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At my seventy two I recollect
About my great grandmother, who died
At her nineties, fifty years ago.
She post-death lives till we, the knowers, live.
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She drives him insane with her sucks of his.
He loses himself, which is his pleasure.
She submits herself, which is his pleasure.
She is in the driving seat, her pleasure.
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Punishment and revenge give same;
Only the doers are different.
Hanging and murder give same ends;
Only doers are different.
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Wounds are not cured by drugs and doctors
But by healing mechanism.
Wits are not gained by books and teachers
But by learning mechanism.
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Hope cannot alter the outcome
When you are a witness to it.
It can affect your mental state,
Shelving the impact of effects.
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