Marks Of Distinction Poem by Sadiqullah Khan

Worthless, who says?
In an age of iron and blood,
(and dollars, pounds and riyals)
Of bastards and adventurers.

We could have known,
A commune of earth's resources
By factors of greed.

So they defeated
All opposition, swiftly
With clean hands.

There will be no poor
Henceforth, and divine
Law has been promulgated.

His Holiness
With Almighty's grace,
Had three hundred wives.

Six hundred concubines,
The wrath of impotency goes
To Houbara Bustards.

The agents like the Lawrence
Or St. John Philby smoothened
Aramco deal. (Philby by converting
To Wahabism)

As long as
They pump crude,
And have little cronies abroad.
(in other wretched countries)

Their agents, hunt
The youngest possible world over
Sanctified pedophiles.

Because it makes you
Young at ninety four, (they say)
Writes Louise Brown.

Sadiqullah Khan
Peshawar
July 5,2014.