The Cat Girl

The Cat Girl, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

the cat girl
near my shop
stood a while
penetrating
my pedestrian soul
she gave me a smile
born muslim
in a society
where the climate
is hostile
the girl child a burden
no back up file
get her married early
a thought worthwhile
not the system
but a child's future
endlessly on trial
for Help
it is only Allah to dial
or spend the rest of her life
on a trash pile
path littered with pain
every square mile
it is womanhood
that a male dominated
macho
mullahcentric
society
loves to revile

to my dearest friend Fred Miller
who can change his form but not his style