On this perfect day, perfect for forgetting God,
why are they – Hindu or Muslim, Gentile or Jew –
shouting again some godforsaken word of God?
Agha, Shahid Ali. The Country Without a Post Office: Poems. New York: W.W. Norton, 1997, pg. 77.
cross-posted from Qalandar
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