Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

No matter what flower you are,
Or where from you spring,
If you have in you nectar,
In search of which will swarm the moths.
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How can we define love, lust and passion?
Love, a mild one, demands nothing.
Lust, a wild one, defies every theory.
Passion, in between, demands and defies.
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The chariot is heading to overturn.
The boat is sailing to capsize.
The travellers have no clue.
They ride merrily and verily.
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With advent of democracy and literacy,
Went in decline the Brahmin authority.
Yet, the rest submit to their purity and nobility.
The well reared are not the well bred.
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Black hair, black skin, black eyes,
Square face, square teeth, square chin,
Fleshy breasts, fleshy back and fleshy lips
Are features of Dravidian descendents.
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Elders rather than lads are thirsty of women.
Elders’ desire accumulates for want of drain
Owing to their sagging physical energy.
The old is always a threat to young women.
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The part, which is defective with anyone
Is not so for you when that part happens
To be of a modal or an idol of your citadel.
A crooked tooth or a twisted lip, be it.
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To don the beauty and to draw attention
Is the pleasure a woman seeks.
But it is her modesty and utmost fidelity
That a man of wealth and zest expects.
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The Veda is sacred; its hymens are sacred.
The Veda is holy; its hymns are holy.
We were told to toe; we were led to toe.
The nomadic tribe has brought it with them.
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Innocence is a beautiful virgin.
It is the education that rapes her.
She gives birth to a rogue.
Literary breeds more rogues.
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