("Abu shafshufa" is dead and china is dead silent)

As raggedy women line up for rice.
A scraggly head is killed by mice.
Across the seas they huddle in Nice.
Err not crooks! In pursuit of vice.

Earth's afire, from Bush in a rush.
Confucian Mings! Watch in a hush.

Voracious monkeys now divide a pie.
Silent for now, the planes that fly.
Farther down east the Alawites fry.
Tunisians too, at the hustings cry.

Earth's afire, from Bush in a rush.
Confucian Mings! Watch in a hush.

Tharir is simmering and bubbling below.
Funds and greenbacks loose their glow.
The colossus' legacy blow by blow,
and Cyclops' eye festers and flows.

Earth's afire, from Bush in a rush.
Confucian Mings! Watch in a hush.

Swills and thrills unabated gleam.
As wild-west's train looses steam.
Twists abound for a mongering realm,
as ageing wine in futons beam.

Earth's afire, from Bush in a rush.
Confucian Mings! Watch in a hush.


original
saadat tahir
14-03 2k11
(Islamabad)


Glossary:
Confucius: http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius
Mings: http: //www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-05/31/content_604588.htm
"shafshufa": http: //wikileaksnews.net/its-over-abu-shafshufa-died-said-rebel-fighter-to-aisha-gaddafi.html
Alawites: http: //www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-05/31/content_604588.htm
Tharir: http: //occupywallst.org/article/tahrir-square-times-square-protests-erupt-over-150/

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