Jul 22 2009
Iran and reality
Sacrifice (July 22, 2009)
Today
your take off your burqa
put on a backless sun dress
uncover your head letting
your dark hair stream
out into the sunlight
as you walk the streets of Tehran
heels clicking on the concrete
You hear them coming from behind
a pack of ravening hyenas
crazed for the kill
in only nanoseconds
they will beat you into the ground
spill your innocent blood laughing
as your life runs out on the merciless pavement
crush your bones into power with their clubs
teaching you what holy lesson
The photograph shows you
broken headed bloody
your streaming tresses
now matted with blood
your brains spattered
your bones broken
your flesh pulverized
you are a disobedient girl
a threat to mullah order
deserving of death
You dare to speak directly
saying, “Do you want to beat me?”
He replies, YES, YES, YES
breathlessly banging his club
eyes glittering with blood lust
fucks the consciousness out of you
fading you repeated the names of your family
as each ruthless blow silences you
“I believe in freedom, redemption, the holy Prophet
you are not of him!”
Your slender hope dies
running between the stones
where your blood demands
that the lies be laid to rest
with your beautiful body
your marytr’s soul