Peoples' Various Trades Poem by Sadiqullah Khan

O genius of man, peoples' various trades
Who would slaughter heifers and lambs
Of woolly tops and ears reaching their feet,
Whose arm was the knife's blade peeling hide.

They, like their other trades for sale,
Notable being the mercenary horse -
They now butcher lambs of libation to divinity
On shining marble and chipset floors for a penny.

White bearded men, with due respect,
They know how to do their trade
You know how yours, treacherous -
You have an office in Muscat dealing in big arms.

And the thirsty stones drink their blood, as
You are eyeing Manhattan and an account in Switzerland
And a perspective far away, than your lame shoulders
Of a Swaziland, playing solo polo with your mentors.

-To the Internally Displaced Persons of North Waziristan, on Eid Day.

Peshawar
October 5,2014.