Afzal Ahmed Syed Poems

If my voice is not reaching you
add to it the echo—
echo of ancient epics
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Why wouldnít Amina Jilani write
for the newspaper
whose sixteen per cent subscribers
spend twenty times our per capita income
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On Anklesaria Hospitalís fourth floor
Stella DíCruz
died
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A charming girl
with Polynesian eyes
shall sell invites to our benefit-dinner
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They are not waiting for some Galileo
to construct a giant clock
to be installed into the cityís commemorative wall
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Of all the blood
that was spilled
Charles Napier was absolved
in his own eyes
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