By B. R. Gowani
a girl, sixteen years old
named Silva Kashif was told
what you are wearing, Ms
nothing but “indecent” it is
it was a knee-length skirt
for law, it was a bit too pert
so what did the law do?
It did the only thing it knew
many lashes on the spot
by religious in-charge rot
first lash for our jahalat
second for our superiority
third for our sharia
fourth for our religion
fifth for our manliness
sixth for your Christianity
seventh for being a girl
eighth for wearing a skirt
ninth to defy the West
tenth to demonstrate our power
…
these incidents become news
few people express their views
issues they rarely become
bolder turns the Muslim scum
will this cruel idiocy ever end?
or will it become the trend?
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com