Who is dirtied?

When a man sips more than a cup,
polluted are not his own lips.
When a cup is sipped by many lips,
stained is the very cup.
In adultery, a woman is a cup.
She slips from the moral grip.
Patriarchy’s endorsement.
21.12.2000, Bbsr

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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