Friday Poem

Why

—After Faiz Ahmed Faiz's Kuttey

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Not even dogs
Go as quietly as these men

Battered and bruised
Idle and begging
Homeless and hearthless
Stabbing each other for scraps
Starving in silence

Why

What myth is it
That keeps you
Divided
Amongst yourselves
That keeps you
Blind
To your strength
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by Anjum Altaf
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