A Plague Poem by Sadiqullah Khan

‘A plague a' both your houses! '
Romeo and Juliet Act III, William Shakespeare

As if they had been grilled, in the clutch of a plague.
As if mouths have turned, backward. Speak different
Than the real. As if a retort would prolong dark ages.
The oracle is, that they shall empty the places,
Before the Doom. Some other birds have occupied
The trees with their nests, and they spread a terrible stench.

Sadiqullah Khan
Peshawar
June 17,2014.