Shia Kid on the Block

Shia Kid on the Block
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our children with their sheer
faith untutored sense of shia belonging
the pain
of hussain
mysticism unfeatured unlock
a few slashes
yes the puritans their pious poison we shock
a mere shia kid on the street block
shiv malik of new statesman
no child abuse talk
a shia child impersonating
his forefathers walk
absolutely clear about his priorities
no mental block
ya hussain ya hussain
reverberating in the streets of iraq
yes he is the chip of the same wood block
on eid e zahra piddling on the effigies
on the enemies of hussainiyat
with other kids of his age
at kazmain they will flock
wearing red clothes choicest lanats
bad words gallies he will rock