Libels Of A War
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How long, I don't know how long
the bare footed boy
in a dirty and torn shirt
a dirty big bag on his shoulders,
who leaves his bed with the call of dawn prayers
and goes to dirty streets,
where there is a plateau of rotten garbage
a symbol of efficiency of the government.
He passes sometime there and collects
empty packets and empty bottles,
and if he is lucky and he collects these valuables,
by lunch time at noon,
to sell it and to earn a little money
to purchase a bread and some curry.
Till then he remains hungry.
Failing to find garbage that may be sold,
He goes to the residential areas,
knocking the doors,
and when asked as to who is there,
he replies in a question
do you have a bread,
when told, no,
he says rather commands,
"Give me Rs.10."
A libel of not having cooked breads yet.
Though he was born in Pakistan
But he is son of an Afghan immigrant.
He took shelter in Pakistan,
During Afghan War,
in that Soviet Union was disintegrated.
How long, I don't know how long
Afghanistan along with Pakistan
will pay the libels of the war.
How long, I don't know how long
Pakistan will remain a victim of terror.
I am surprised,
did the weapons left by Soviet soldiers,
haven't exhausted yet.
If not so where from the terrorists,
the fighters of freedom during Afghan War,
get most modern weapons,
and who is financing them?
How long, I don't know how long
It will continue.
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