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March 21, 2007 islamoyankee

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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