I am a Hijda
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*hijda is a Indian transgender or eunuch
He was caught at curfew time
In the cross fire among
The Hindu Muslim riot
They beat him black and blue
They stripped him to see
If he was from the minority
Community
But were surprised
At the gaping hole
Of his shame
He was neither man nor woman
He was a sexless piece of sculpted art
Gone wrong
The castration done by the
Drunken barber had destroyed
His entire sense of being
They decided to get over
Their bottled guilt
They sodomized him
One after the other
And finally
Dousing petrol over
His entire body
They lit a bonfire
And walked away
He was saved by a
Good Samaritan
But too late
He died in his laps
Charred beyond recognition
His last words
I am a Hijda
He was killed by the Hijdas of Society.
