For Us Poem by Afzal Ahmed Syed

A charming girl
with Polynesian eyes
shall sell invites to our benefit-dinner
in a North American city
The old dames of Vienna
shall gather for us cast off clothes
that shall be shipped for Karachi
from Marseilles
Brunei Darus-Salam
shall accept from Karachi
fifty foundlings
In Bangladesh
a base minority
shall demonstrate to show solidarity with us
Sarajevoís Stefanovski shall be commissioned
to compile a directory
of the Karachi dead